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November 13, 2015

The Best Parenting Websites And Blogs Every Parent Should Bookmark Right Now

Best Parenting Blogs And Websites

It’s not easy to run one of the best parenting websites online. I run a lackluster website and it’s hard damn work. I can’t imagine how much effort goes into a website for real!!! Keeping up to date on the constantly changing information, facts, research and studies about kids and parenting is a thankless job […]


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Published on November 13, 2015 10:37

November 12, 2015

If The Answer Is ‘Yes’ To These 5 Questions, Dump Your Girl

“Love is complicated” begins this piece over at Elite Daily and it’s about to get very uncomplicated because the author feels it only takes five questions to figure out if you should dump your woman. I’ve decided to play along... Continue Reading →
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Published on November 12, 2015 12:19

10 Reasons I’m Absolutely Thankful My Kids Have Tablets

Small boy using a tablet

I’ve seen the studies saying that my kids’ brains will melt out of their heads or that they’ll end up alone and rocking in a corner if they so much as look at an iPad.


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Published on November 12, 2015 06:29

November 10, 2015

Mom Rants About School Drop-Offs, Which At This Point, Just Get Over It Lady

Drop Off Rant

Jenny on the Spot has a rant about school drop-offs. She’d like to complain and complaining always helps. I’m sure the parent she’s talking about will see this video, realize the error of her ways and do exactly what Jenny wants forever. Kidding. She’ll go “oh yeah, now I’m going to be JUST as fucking […]


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Published on November 10, 2015 12:22

November 9, 2015

Why I’ll Gladly Spend The Next Decade Yelling At My Kid To ‘Put A F*cking Jacket On!’

Jacket For Kids

“Where’s your jacket?” my father would ask constantly. It was his favorite question. He never asked about school, girls or why my eyes were always bloodshot (it’s a condition) just the geographic location of my coat. “In my bag.” “In my locker.” “In my closet because I forgot it.” Most of my friends experimented with […]


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Published on November 09, 2015 07:58

November 6, 2015

Was This Dad Wrong For Letting His 4-Year-Old Daughter Give Him A Tattoo?

Dad Tattoo

A 4-year-old girl already has a budding career as a tattoo artist. Tattoo artist Brad Bellomo is an accomplished tattoo artist. He’s also a walking canvas. Naturally, his daughter Chloe would show interest in dad’s body and body of work. Chloe took to drawing at an early age after spending time in dad’s tattoo shop. […]


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Published on November 06, 2015 07:49

November 4, 2015

Do You Hang Out At An Old Man Bar Or A Dive? Here’s How To Tell The Difference

In a city abundant with dive bars and surrounded by tenement houses standing upright just out of habit stood Top Road Tavern, one of few old man bars in the area. My father and uncle ran that old man bar.... Continue Reading →
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Published on November 04, 2015 09:53

November 2, 2015

Exhausted Mom Gives 21 Reasons Sex Isn’t Happening Tonight

tired-mom

Remember when you were younger and always up for it? I always “knew” that would change when kids came along, but I didn’t realize how much. Some nights, it’s just not going to happen. Why? Because:


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Published on November 02, 2015 08:31