Category: Kids

This guest post was written by Kathy Chlan from unfilteredmom.com. I have 2 boys – 21 and 18. The oldest, Casey , is my son with special needs. Christian is the other one. I have struggled with the notion that I hope Christian didn’t get lost. Christian was born 8 weeks early and was always on the go. My mom said it was like he was never a kid. He just immediately knew he had …

Long ago, I accepted that my son gets obsessive. My oldest brother learned this about my son on a recent visit. He came out to California from North Carolina with his wife and daughter. One day, I played tour guide and I took them around to many of the Hollywood/Los Angeles touristy sights. Along the way, my brother and his daughter, sitting in the back with my son, introduced a car game they play …

Ok, this is weird. What mom considers being afraid of her own child a badge of honor? Me, apparently. Yesterday I took my 17-year-old son to the department of motor vehicles to get his permanent drivers license. To replace his provisional license, he needed me, plus two utility bills, to prove he was a resident of our city. All in, the chore churned through roughly two hours of valuable Mom-time, about which I did …

I have a busy house full of my kids, their friends, neighbourhood kids, and an assorted number of random drop-ins. Id rather not sound like the meanest mommy on the block, so I have a few key phrases that allow me to say NO WAY to my kids, without using those exact words. Here are a few of my favourites: Asked and Answered You know that annoying habit kids have of asking you the …

If youre one of the millions of parents with a bedwetting child, you know.You know how awful it makes you feel when you see your child frustrated at another middle-of-the-night accident. You know how ashamed they are when younger siblings make jokes about still wearing diapers. You know how terrible they feel when they have to turn down another sleepover invitation because they are worried their friend will find out.What you might …