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• The Importance of an Exit Strategy

  One of the most frustrating dilemmas I've faced as a parent isn't the age-old snag of getting your kids to pick up their crap. While I do get all worked up over kid stuff tossed all over the place, the parenting challenge that really churns my butter is less specific. What gets me are those moments when I feel truly helpless in the face of certain behaviors, like my kids not picking up their crap.. Usually, I resort to yelling.   Read More... Posted May 21 2008, 11:30 AM by Adrienne Martini with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: tantrums, yelling, huffpo, Gretchen Rubin, screaming, strategy, 3-2-1

• Words Have Many Meanings, Part 2

  A couple of days ago, I groused about the use of the word "mompreneurs." My issue with this smooshing together of two other perfectly good words is that it makes businesswomen who happen to be mothers sound like they are somehow different than entrepreneurs who are child-free and/or male. Fortunately, someone has explained how a mompreneur is different from anyone else who starts a business.   Read More... Posted May 09 2008, 02:00 PM by Adrienne Martini with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: work, mompreneurs, working moms, huffpo, language, Heather Cabot

• Your Daughter Will Have Sex Someday

  If the whole Miley Cyrus donnybrook has done nothing else, it should have made us at least look at the idea that our little girls, no matter how apple-cheeked they are now, will have sex. Once a parent manages to absorb that fact, then what?   Read More... Posted May 01 2008, 02:30 PM by Adrienne Martini with | with no comments Filed under: Sex, miley cyrus, huffpo, jonas brothers, McFadden, feminine

• Political Nanny: McCain Goes After Jenna on Her Lack of Support ... Maybe

  According to this intercepted IM transcript between Jenna Bush and John McCain, the senator is none too happy with Bush's recent appearance on Larry King Live.   Read More... Posted Apr 26 2008, 05:28 PM by Madeline Holler with | with no comments Filed under: texas, CNN, Clinton, Laura Bush, jenna bush, huffpo, republicans, Democrats, obama, John McCain, Larry King, Would never vote for a Clinton, crossover appeal, independent voters, kids growing up, 23/6, IMing

• Political Nanny: Like Talking to a Roomful of Toddlers

  Oh, Hillary, what a night! There you were on stage, ready to deliver your regular stump speech to a very important crowd of Democratic voters in Pennsylvania, and what did they do? They ignored you!   Read More... Posted Apr 15 2008, 05:31 PM by Madeline Holler with | with no comments Filed under: huffington post, pennsylvania, hillary clinton, huffpo, philadelphia county, rude audience, speech, ignoring the candidate, stump speech

• Mommy Myth Thang Raises Usual Ire

  Okay, now I thought the whole mom-bloggin' empire was built on the idea that motherhood isn't all soft-lit tender moments and rosy outlook, but I guess this continues to be a newsflash. Winifred Robinson wrote an essay basically saying, "Hey, sometimes I don't like being a mom cuz it sucks at times" she included the usual "I wouldn't trade it for anything" but yes, she was clear that it can be brutal hard work too. And she also said something I think gets neglected: For some of us, motherhood is a bucket of cold water in the face because we were used to feeling capable and good at life, and that feeling often gets sucked right out of you with the first nursing, and doesn't come back for a loooong time. But of course her post drew some criticism, along with the gratitude of other moms... Read More... Posted Dec 20 2007, 06:30 PM by Kelly Mills with | with 3 comment(s) Filed under: parenting, infants, essays, mom blogs, huffpo, challenges, mommy myth