Category: Kids

Today, I’m going to be bitching discussing how gender roles come into play when parenting. Or in simpler terms, Why Daddy always gets to be the good guy.

I can’t tell you how many times I repeated that phrase to my four-year old while visiting my Mom this past weekend. Swimming nonstop for 6 hours straight combined with the fact that I overcooked her mac and cheese and forgot to pack her favorite Hello Kitty underwear really sent her over the edge. And I didn’t miss the small smile forming on my mother’s lips as she watched Miss R demand the crust be taken off her bread or when she told me that my singing “hurt her ears”. (In her defense, I am a TERRIBLE singer. But still.)

This is a lovely guest post by Stuart M. Perkinsfrom Storyshucker. My daughter is an intelligent, funny, beautiful young lady already in her late teens I still wrestle with that fact.Not longago I watched as she drove upin her car, walked in high heels, and made a phone call about her job. I was remindedthat sadly I was no longer looking at mylittlegirl. Id been reminded of …

Have you had the talk with your preteens yet? This is one of the scariest jobs of a parent. How does one explain the dastardly deed to your child without having to hear the usual response of yuk, do you and Daddy do that? Well, there is always the gutternot that that hasnt been a tried and true response over the centuries. But, what information will the gutter provide? Could it possibly be …