There are talks, and then there are talks. Ellen: There are talks with your kids like “You really need to eat your vegetables.” Erin: And then there are TALKS which cover weightier issues like alcohol. Ellen: Planning a TALK with your kids can be daunting, so seizing the moment to have TALKS should become a […]
Everybody should have a blog, and everyone should have a teenager. Hear us out. We have not lost our minds . . . or at least that’s what the voices in our heads keep telling us. Anyway, blogging has been a completely validating, delightful experience if you overlook the soul-sucking time spent falling down the […]
We talk about talking with your kids a lot. You can read about it here and here. But how, oh how, do you make it easier? Try a little something we like to call “Stop, Drop, and Roll with it.” Stop the lectures. Drop the awkward broaching of even awkward-er topics. Roll with the conversation. […]
“I just want to be honest with you. I have given up any and all pretense of monitoring my kids’ television viewing. I won’t be taking them to any R-rated movies anytime soon because, hello, awkward for me, but as far as the TV goes, I’m done parenting.” Ellen: That was my melodramatic confession to […]
Before you become a parent, you see the parodies of kids asking a million plus thirteen gazillion questions. It’s a favorite schtick of commercials and sitcoms because cute, precocious kids are comedy gold. You chuckle with your hand held over your heart and a little shake of your head, “Isn’t that adorable?” Then you have […]
Some may say talk is cheap but we think it’s priceless. We are two ladies who love to talk. We like to gab about books and food. Occasionally, we take trips together and we’ll yammer on about those too. But what we really love to talk about is parenting. With seven kids between us, we […]
As the urban legend goes, blogging makes you a bad parent. Time spent scrolling the internet instead of soaking up Sunshine’s every little ray can never be recouped. Um, by that logic any and every job would make you a bad parent. So there’s that . . . but we’re also pushing back with this: […]