Posts by adminmph
The Lesser Tiger Mom
I won’t ever be able to write a song that disses my mom for popping vikes or bashes my dad for being absent because my parents weren’t like that. They showed up when it came to parenting– it didn’t matter what they were going through at the time, they showed up. And they were good…
Read MoreTeach Them Well
Thanks to everyone who participated in the DS&D Blog Contest. Below is the winning topic I chose to write about: How about pre-school kids getting kicked out because they are screaming, due to anxiety? What a horrible injustice it is to them. How they then feel that they can scream and get out of everything! How…
Read MoreContest!!
I’m holding a contest!! This is my first one. I’m excited. It’s not hard and if it were me, I would totally enter. Here’s the deal: I feel like I don’t know a lot of you because our relationship is very one-sided. I do all the talking “Blah Blah Blah” and I pick the topic.…
Read MoreSelf Reliance
When the Seal song “If You Don‘t Know Me By Now” came on the radio the other day, my 4 year old daughter Sweet Pea said: “Mommy, I don’t like this song.” You know why you don’t like it, Sweet Pea? BECAUSE IT BLOWS. Why did Seal do a remake of that song? I don’t…
Read MoreBirth Day
My daughter, Sweet Pea, is four years old today. When she busted into our bedroom at 7AM, she informed us that today is her birthday– you know, in case we weren’t sure. Me: Weren‘t you just a baby yesterday? When did you become four years old? Sweet Pea: At 7:00! She then asked us why…
Read MoreDo You Care If Others Judge You?
The other day I was pulling out of my daughter’s pre-school when I noticed a car pulling in. Pick up is at 2:00. That driver was late. I couldn’t tell if she was stressed and anxious or if she was calm and apathetic. I just knew that she was late. I shook my head slowly, sighed…
Read MoreStop The LOL Madness!
There is an epidemic sweeping our nation. An LOL epidemic. It’s in our emails, our Facebook pages, our t-shirts (not mine), our text messages, everywhere. LOL is internet slang for laugh out loud. It’s quite the compliment when someone responds to something you’ve written with “LOL.” Receiving a “HAHAHA!” or “You’re so funny!“ is also…
Read MoreIt Takes A Village (3 Parenting Tips That Might Help)
I’m sure you’ve heard the saying “It takes a village to raise a child.” It’s an old African proverb. (Did you think Hillary Clinton was the first one to say it? I did too. We’re both wrong.) As a parent, I am all about the “village” mentality. I’m always gathering parental information from others, and if I feel…
Read MoreOne Thing on the Menu
I once got a fortune that said “Eat to live, don’t live to eat.“ I made someone trade with me. I love to eat. I’m usually planning my next meal while I’m in the middle of eating one. I don’t know if I was always like this, but I am now. My friend, Busy, thinks…
Read MoreFork in the Road
Last week someone asked me if I’m scared that I will run out of things to write about. I think you will find, after reading the following entry, that there is no chance of that happening. The philosophical questions below are just a sample of what goes through my head on a daily basis (usually when I…
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