Me, My Kid And Big Sean
My daughter and I went to see Big Sean last Thursday night.
Yes, Big Sean. The rapper who sings Dance A$$ with Nicki Minaj. Who denigrates women with his lyrics.
My almost 14 year-old kid has a thing for rappers. And explicit music.
Out On A Saturday Night (Role Reversal)
Talk about a role reversal.
This past Saturday, all three of our teens went to the movies.
Without us.
The 16 year-old boy had asked if we could drop him off at the theater so he could meet up with a half a dozen of his friends from high school.
Oh, That’s Why I Feel This Way (PMS)
I get in to bed. My heart is beating rapidly but all I’ve done is walk up the stairs. My head is full of things I have to get done. I actually have a pain on one side of my brain and I’m contemplating waking my husband up and telling him that I’m having a...
Walking The Parenting Tightrope
I’m the parent of a teenage girl. And I’m walking the parenting tightrope, doing the biggest balancing act of my life. (I don’t think that I could have done anything to prepare for this. Even being the parent of a 16 year-old boy hasn’t helped.) If I lean a little too far to the right?...
Sweet Sixteen (Yes, My Son Is Sweet)
My son turns 16 today.
And after all of these years, I can still remember staring up at the ceiling of the operating room in the wee hours of the morning, after over 24 hours of labor, waiting for the doctor to cut me open and extract this kid.
A Case Of Toilet Paper (Photo Essay)
Do you ever feel like you’re the only one in your house that puts things away? From the clean laundry to the old photographs you looked at six months ago to the screwdriver that was used to pry a penny out of the washing machine. You know what I’m talking about. I know you do....
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