by Stephanie | May 23, 2015 | parenting
Ever since InTouch magazine broke the news, I haven’t been able to stop thinking about it. As a teenager, Josh Duggar, of the “19 Kids and Counting” fame, molested several young girls, allegedly* including several of his sisters. I have read way too...
by Stephanie | Oct 13, 2014 | family life, motherhood, Uncategorized
A few weeks ago, I received an email from my daughter’s school that there had been an unplanned lockdown drill that day. The message stated that there had been a wiring malfunction that had been taken care of, and that a regularly scheduled lockdown drill would...
by Stephanie | Jan 16, 2014 | parenting
I once saw the biggest kid in my music class haul off and shove a sweet tiny little boy who was brand new to class. I’m not going to lie- it made my blood boil and my heart sink. Why was it always the most docile, not to mention diminutive, children who got hit,...
by Stephanie | Aug 19, 2013 | parenting
Welcome back to the Around the World in Six Weeks Parenting Blog Carnival! Deb of Urban Moo Cow, Jessica of School of Smock, Lauren of Omnimom, Sarah of Left Brain Budda, and I have been writing about our reactions to Christine Gross-Loh’s Parenting Without...
by Stephanie | Jan 2, 2013 | parenting
About a month ago, I asked the question, “Are we better off than our mothers?” Initially, it seemed like more of a flippant query posed to myself after a bad day, but it evolved into something much richer. As I mulled this over and decided an interview with my mother...
