Topic: essential reading

• How to get going on Mondays, single moms

  By: Christina | No Comments | Mar 1, 11:54am ET

  The day is half done, so to speak.  I’ve been diligently working away at my computer all morning, doing this and that, fiddling with the other… but I haven’t really got anything … More

• Does your kid need a father? Maybe not...

  By: Christina | 5 Comments | Jan 25, 10:00pm ET

  I’m of the mind that anyone can find a statistic to support their point of view, so I always take these studies with a grain of salt. But if you’re a mother … More

• Is your child a bully, or being bullied?

  By: Christina | No Comments | Jan 19, 9:25pm ET

  Most of us have been bullied as children, and I suppose that, on occasion, many of us have been the aggressor.
  Me? A Club Med vacation scarred me for life, as the kids … More

• Did you miss me?

  By: Christina | 1 Comment | Jan 17, 10:17pm ET

  I feel like I’ve been gone a long time. When life collides with life, well, nothing but the big bang theory could explain all the black holes and revelations in my current … More

• Do you spank your kids?

  By: Christina | 6 Comments | Jan 9, 9:52pm ET

  Every once in a while, my soapbox comes around to corporal punishment. Spankings, slaps, yanks, and other physical, painful means to discipline and control kids.
  Bad idea.
  What does the word ‘discipline’ mean, and … More

• Teen angst sets mom on fire?

  By: Christina | 2 Comments | Jan 3, 8:33am ET

  Since when did pouring gasoline in your mom’s bedroom while she slept–then lighting it on fire–become ‘typical teen angst’???
  An 11 year old girl and her 15 year old boyfriend (already there is … More

• A warm winter dessert - hold the sugar

  By: Christina | 2 Comments | Dec 30, 8:11am ET

  I just served my kid a dessert I feel good about.
  Sooooo it’s not sugar free, but let’s face it, anything that doesn’t include a cup of sugar after the indulgences of the … More

• Wordless Wednesday: Read the instructions!

  By: Christina | No Comments | Dec 9, 9:29pm ET
• Helicopter parenting rebellion starts now

  By: Christina | 5 Comments | Nov 29, 8:35pm ET

  Would you let your kid walk to school by himself? Would you let your daughter ride public transportation? Would you allow your kid any sliver of unscheduled, unplanned time to just be a kid? would you? huh? WOULD YOU?

  Why not?

• Happy Thanksgiving, American single mothers!

  By: Christina | No Comments | Nov 26, 6:27pm ET

  I truly hope you founds some joy in this day, and that you are in a delightful food coma right about now… or are about to become so.
  And for some of my … More