Humor
Apparatus Advantage
February 12th, 2013 posted by Bob Schwartz
Just Like Dad Kids Shenanigans Great Things to Do That Mom and Dad Will Just Barely Approve Of/Book and Whoopie More Fun * Dad’s Little Instruction Booklet * Magnetic Poetry […]
Letter to the Principal
February 12th, 2013 posted by W. Bruce Cameron
Office of the Principal Shawnee Mission East High School Shawnee Mission, Kansas (Mr. Cameron: As a courtesy — you are, after all, an alumnus of this school — we are […]
Snowed In
February 12th, 2013 posted by W. Bruce Cameron
My children may have given up believing in the Easter Bunny, and they probably have their doubts about Santa Claus, but they still go to bed every night hoping that […]
Baby Blessings
February 12th, 2013 posted by Eric Ruhalter
There are obvious joys of being a parent to a young bundle of joy, but there are also things you likely never considered: The More Obscure Great Things About Having […]
Mission Impossible
February 12th, 2013 posted by Kellie Head
After twelve weeks of hearing “I’m bored” and “It’s too hot to play outside,” I am more than ready to send my little angels back to school. As the first […]
Spring Cleaning a la Testosterone
February 12th, 2013 posted by Kellie Head
Do men just play dumb when it comes to cleaning? Is this an obvious attempt to avoid any sort of housework? I used to think so, but now I think […]
Bacteria
February 12th, 2013 posted by Kimberly Ripley
by Kimberly Ripley All five of my children are musical. At various times throughout the day the sounds of electric guitars, drums, piano, flute, and crooning voices float through our […]
Mom! Everybody Else Has ______!
February 12th, 2013 posted by Becky Irico
I love outdoor Christmas lights; on other people’s houses. This is not a scientific study or anything, but it seems to me the grandest Christmas displays are by those who […]
Summertime: The Mosquitoes are the Least of it
February 12th, 2013 posted by ParentingHumor.com
Basic Flavorings; Olive Oil Babies and Other Hazards of Sex : How to Make a Tiny Person in Only 9 Months With Tools You Probably Have Around the Home Summer […]
Battle of the Generations, Round One
February 12th, 2013 posted by Lisa Barker
by Lisa Barker Why do kids push buttons and then have the nerve to look surprised when you ground them? It’s Monday and already I can tell that the rest […]
Mom’s Time-out Is Too Nerve Wracking
February 12th, 2013 posted by Lisa Barker
by Lisa Barker I just wanted a LITTLE break. Not that ‘me time’ that is so fashionable these days, just a bathroom break. Can’t a grown woman go to the […]
Thanksgiving, No Holds Barred
February 12th, 2013 posted by Kellie Head
Every Thanksgiving, my husband and I beam across the table at each other, thankful for our lovely family, our health and our good fortune, completely unaware of the “What I […]
Birth of a Hamster
February 12th, 2013 posted by W. Bruce Cameron
Guess Who Didn’t Take a Nap? : A Baby Blues Collection (Baby Blues Scrapbook No 3) In the third collection of this heartwarming strip, parents Wanda and Darryl are bewildered […]
Monkey See, Monkey Do
February 12th, 2013 posted by Kellie Head
It’s easy to agree that setting a good example for our children is important. We can also agree that setting a good example has its’ price. I choke down tofu […]
The Adventures of Montgomery Moose
February 12th, 2013 posted by W. Bruce Cameron
Guess Who Didn’t Take a Nap? : A Baby Blues Collection (Baby Blues Scrapbook No 3) In the third collection of this heartwarming strip, parents Wanda and Darryl are bewildered […]
Business Memos to my Child
February 12th, 2013 posted by W. Bruce Cameron
Guess Who Didn’t Take a Nap? : A Baby Blues Collection (Baby Blues Scrapbook No 3) In the third collection of this heartwarming strip, parents Wanda and Darryl are bewildered […]
My Holiday Calendar
February 12th, 2013 posted by Cheryl Demas
by Cheryl Demas You’ve probably seen the calendars Martha Stewart publishes. She graciously shares her schedule with us so we can all use it to help us plan our holidays. […]
The Proverbial Daughter
February 12th, 2013 posted by W. Bruce Cameron
My teenage daughter often asks for me to help her with her homework. In this case, “to help” means “to do,” as in, “Could you help me finish this report […]
Confessions of a Holiday Fake
February 12th, 2013 posted by Jean Reidy
It all started with the tree. I never liked Charlie Brown’s tree. I only liked Snoopy’s. Blame it on years of inhaling evergreen-scented artificial snow fumes, but I find no […]
The Survival of the Field Trip Fittest
February 12th, 2013 posted by Cindy Appel
Summer isn’t quite the same anymore. What with the invention of year-round schools (an evil plot devised by slave-driving bosses to keep children out of working parents’ hair as much […]
Daughters Driving
February 12th, 2013 posted by W. Bruce Cameron
My daughters are driving. Let me explain what this means. It means that two teenage girls whose primary method of observation is “distraction” are out there aiming tons of metal […]
My Mother’s Garden
February 12th, 2013 posted by W. Bruce Cameron
I can’t think of anything that would tempt me to try to grow a vegetable garden. In my opinion, if God had intended people to be gardeners, he wouldn’t have […]
Twas the Night for Assembling
February 12th, 2013 posted by Kellie Head
‘Twas the night before Christmas and all through the house Not a creature was stirring, except me and my spouse The stockings were empty, no presents were wrapped We were […]
Fashion Or Fiction
February 12th, 2013 posted by Kellie Head
Giving birth to my daughter prompted me to evaluate myself. Much to my dismay, this in-depth analysis revealed a mix of 15% worrywart, 22% night owl and (gasp) 63% cellulite. […]
My Parent’s Conversation
February 12th, 2013 posted by W. Bruce Cameron
As a general rule, I prefer to talk to my parents singly, alone, and briefly. However, since they are, after all, married, I sometimes can’t avoid a conversation with the […]
What’s In A Name
February 12th, 2013 posted by Kellie Head
What’s in a name? That which we call a rose, by any other name would smell as sweet.” This may be true in the botany kingdom, but when it comes […]
Father’s Day 101
February 12th, 2013 posted by Eric Ruhalter
Anyone will tell you, becoming a father is a learning process. There are things, though, that you can’t read in a book or hear from your parents or even Oprah. […]
Paternal Proclamations
February 12th, 2013 posted by W. Bruce Cameron
Guess Who Didn’t Take a Nap? : A Baby Blues Collection (Baby Blues Scrapbook No 3) In the third collection of this heartwarming strip, parents Wanda and Darryl are bewildered […]
Gentlemen! Start Your Engines!
February 12th, 2013 posted by Kellie Head
Yesterday I took my four-year-old daughter, Delaney, grocery shopping with me. The store had those cute little kiddy carts that make preschoolers feel grown-up and helpful. But by the glazed […]