Itching from The Inside Out: What It’s Like to Live with Atopic Dermatitis
This is a sponsored post about atopic dermatitis: I was compensated by Med-IQ through an educational grant from Sanofi Genzyme and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals to write about the signs, symptoms, and...
View ArticleMy Teen Spent the Summer Working A Manual Labor Job
As I entered the job site, I could hear my 16-year-old son before I could see him. The sounds of a radio blaring in an empty room upstairs, combined with the rhythmic thump of a hammer, led me to where...
View ArticleOur Teen Is Driving And So Are His Friends: What The Hell?
Judging from the way my son’s face was beaming, I knew the news before he even got the words out of his mouth: his best friend had passed his driving test. Not only was his best friend now a fully...
View ArticleMy Teens Have Social Lives: Will I Ever Stop Driving?
I’m pretty sure my kids’ social lives are going to be the death of me. When my son started high school, I had no idea that I was about to embark on quite possibly the most challenging part of raising...
View ArticleThe Pandemic Has Made Me Miss My Morning Routine With My Teens
Our morning routine tradition started, much as they often do, by accident. My son had recently passed his driver’s test. He was preparing to drive to my mother-in-law’s home for the weekend. Because...
View ArticleItching from The Inside Out, Part 2: Climbing the Ladder of Atopic Dermatitis...
This is a sponsored post about atopic dermatitis: I was compensated by Med-IQ through an educational grant from Sanofi Genzyme and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals to write about the signs, symptoms, and...
View ArticleDriving My Teens Isn’t As Annoying As It Used to Be
Almost from the time you find out you are going to be a parent, your focus turns to driving them across town. You start looking at vehicles with doors that slide open, have more cup holders than you...
View ArticleMy Teen Is Teaching Me How To Set Boundaries. Yes, Really.
One hot summer day, my family and I were at my in-laws’ house for a family pool party. There was music and laughter and kids screaming with delight as they jumped in and out of the pool. It was a...
View ArticleI Miss My Silly Weekday Morning Routine With My Teens
Our morning tradition started, much as they often do, by accident. My son had recently passed his driver’s test. He was preparing to drive to my mother-in-law’s home for the weekend. Because she lives...
View ArticleParents of High School Juniors, I Feel Your Angst
I had been warned this time was coming, but I resisted. Parents of high school juniors used to look at my toddlers and tell me I would miss the days when I could contain them in a crib at night....
View ArticleThis Is My First Pandemic: I Didn’t Know My Kid Would Cheat During Online...
I sighed and rolled my eyes as I dialed my friend’s phone number and waited for her to answer. I was about to have an uncomfortable conversation with her about online learning, one that I never dreamed...
View ArticleI’m Not Joining TikTok So Stop Asking. Also, Get Off My Lawn.
After a round of email correspondence in 2008, a friend wrote back, “You know, you should really join Facebook. It’s so much easier to communicate with friends over there. I think you’d love it.” I was...
View ArticleTo the New Mom At The Next Table: I See You But I’m Not Looking
I wrote this post on Facebook a few weeks ago and I was surprised by the outpouring of emotion that parents of teens felt when they read my words. On the night I wrote these words, my heart was aching...
View ArticleQuarantine Changed What I’d Tell My Teens About Picking A Partner
Many years ago, as I helped my toddler daughter out of the tub, my partner came into the bathroom and started acting goofy. As was our custom during the chaotic witching hour of bath and bedtime, we...
View ArticleCan We All Agree That Teen Boys Suck At Hair Care?
Before I even met my son, I knew he had a full head of jet-black hair. As the surgeon delivered him, my husband peeked over the surgical drapes and exclaimed, “Oh my god, he has so much hair!” And,...
View ArticleMy Teen’s Car Accident Changed My Evening Routine
It’s the text that every parent of a teenage driver dreads: “Mah, I’m okay, but I’ve had a bit of a car accident. The police are with me.” As I stared at the words on my phone, I blinked and tried to...
View ArticleMy Son Has Become A Fashionista And I Am Unable To Even
My son has become a fashionista and I am unable to even. A few years ago, I found myself standing in the boys’ department of Kohl’s with my then 14-year-old son. We were shopping for a homecoming...
View ArticleThat Time We Had An Uplifting Conversation About Death. Really.
A few years after our daughter was born, my husband and I made what felt like a momentous and adult decision. We decided to have a lawyer draw up our last will and testament. We were knee deep in...
View ArticleAsthma Blows: Here’s Why Living with Asthma Doesn’t Have to Suck
I was compensated by Med-IQ through an educational grant from Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc and Sanofi Genzyme to write about asthma as a chronic disease and new treatments. All opinions are my own....
View ArticleTen Movies That Your Teens Will Love For Family Movie Night
For as long as I can remember, as soon as school ended for an extended holiday break, my son and I would find ourselves snuggled on the couch for a movie night. An avid film buff, my now 17-year-old...
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