Tag: Parenting
And We Have The Eye Roll…
If you’re a regular reader of my blog, then you already know The Diva has an attitude. However, since she turned eight a mere ten days ago, it’s gotten worse. We’re talking fifteen-year-old girl hormonal bad. She’s rolling her eyes at me! ME!! Her mother. the one that doesn’t act like my mother. I’m a […]
How Do You Effectively Discipline Your Child When The Only Thing She Truly Loves Is School?
I’ve read all the parenting books. I’ve even watched SuperNanny while laughing my ass off. I’ve taken away much-loved toys, blankies, makeup and TV. I’ve tried to employ all of the supposedly “effective” parenting tactics, to no avail. I’ve spanked. I’ve yelled. I’ve threatened to duct tape her inside a closet and/or beat her like an unwanted, red-headed step-child. I’ve […]
Is Your Teen Addicted To Porn?
A couple months ago, I saw a story on Nightline (ABC) about porn and teens. I was shocked. Kids are “sexting” much more often than they are texting each other and they are watching pornography like it’s the latest teen flick of the week. Nude pictures sent by young girls through their cell phones is […]
Bloggers And Tiaras, Mission #1: What Is “Mom Beauty”?
What is beauty? Is it a perfect body, silky hair and straight, porcelain white teeth or is it the content of one’s character? Can beauty be defined by any one thing? The short answer is yes. And no. Aesthetically speaking, what is considered truly beautiful in this society is the classic leggy, slim blonde with […]
Sensitive Child Or Hall Monitor?
My daughter , I think, is destined to become a hall monitor. She regularly opens the living room window and yells at the neighbor kids to get out of the street. She yells at people to stop honking their horns, a regular occurrence in our neck of the woods. For some reason, no one can […]
What Kind Of Mom Did You Think You Would Be? When Did Reality Finally Set In?
Way before I got pregnant, I had some ideas, actually they were Bohemian fantasies, of how I would be as a Mother. I dreamed of sweet smelling little babies, perfectly decorated nurseries, extreme, Martha Stewart~like organization, a perfect pregnancy, easy delivery, a happy, joyful infant and angels singing lullabies with faeries and butterflies flitting around. […]
My First Interview…Well Sort Of…
Queenie Jeannie tagged me with this “interview”. She thinks it will keep me out of trouble for a while. Shows how much she knows. 1. What are some of the best/worst things about being a Mom? Hmmm, well that’s kind of a loaded question…The best thing is just being a Mom. I have this beautiful, […]
More From The Free Range Stupid…In~Laws, That Is!
My Father~In~Law (who isn’t always as bad as the rest of the In~Laws & had actually been pretty good to me up to now ) called last night to let us know that the MIL was going in today for some minor surgery (a new “port” is being grafted into her arm for her Dialysis). […]
My In-Laws Are Driving Me INSANE!!!
Yesterday we went to visit the dreaded In-Laws. My Mother-In-Law is very ill with complications from diabetes, so we are visiting more often for that reason only. This is not something I truly look forward to, considering the bad blood between my Mother-In-Law, Sister-In-Law & myself. My crime? I fell in love with her son/her […]
Is It Wrong To Want To Tranquilize Your Child?
First, let me say that I love my daughter more than my own life. I am awed by her every day. She is truly a miracle. I was supposed to be infertile (obviously not!) and had almost given up on ever being a mother to anyone or anything except my Demon Possessed Cat (more on […]
