This is just a hobby, right? Every time I performed onstage as a child/teenager/young adult, I knew I’d hear that question from either my parents or grandparents. It wasn’t a bad thing. I genuinely never resented it. I just came to expect it. It was par for the course. This from a gal who has…
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FAMOUS! Parenting advice from celebrity moms.
Celebrity moms… they’re just like us. Yes, they are. They might be gorgeous and leggy and charismatic (with killer sunglasses), but they’re still mothers… with problems, questions, dilemmas… and answers. Recently, I was privy to a few impromptu parenting lessons from celebrity moms. Thought I’d pass them on to you: Actress Elisabeth Rohm (the statuesque knockout from Law…
FAB FIND! How to keep toddlers safe in busy places.
I’m expecting some backlash about this one… or, maybe not… MAYBE NOT. You tell me. Summer! Outdoor gatherings, community concerts, theme parks. It’s all so “FUN”… until someone runs away (i.e.: my children). How to keep toddlers safe in busy places? Ah. The question that leaves all of us moms and parents dumbfounded. No flippin’ idea….
FILOSOPHY: 7 Fabulous Fibs I Tell My Kids.
Every mom lies. Scary Mommy is a big believer in it. Even the most honest, open-armed, mother-Earth-to-all fib to their kids. I think it’s fine… fabulous, in fact. As mothers, we tell untruths to protect, to comfort or just to get our perfect little monsters darlings off our backs and quiet for 10 seconds. I…
Toddler Behavior & Parenting Tricks: Date your kids.
Don’t flip. This isn’t some freaky-deaky post like the title suggests. I haven’t jumped the shark. (Or is it, I haven’t jumped the track? The train? The cliff? I can’t even remember right now.) This post is happening in the name of setting toddler behavior back on track. What I have done is figured out…
FIND! Daddy Doin’ Work’s got a new book!
Well, actually the book Daddy Doin’ Work: Empowering Mothers to Evolve Fatherhood drops September 2nd, 2014 (wait, do books ‘drop?’ is it albums that drop? I think I’m flashing back to my entertainment reporting days… whoops)… regardless, we can all GET EXCITED because here’s the cover, folks. Dun, dun-dun-dun-dun-dun-DUUUUUUUUUHN (that’s a fanfare): As someone who Carson Daly…
FOCUSED. Fear, “Frozen,” Oscars & that horse.
Another year down at the Oscars. Frozen won. (Of course it did. The music, the story, the fabulous gown that Elsa wears…) And as much as we are in love with it, every parent is sick of hearing their adorable little kids sing about Frozen, talk about Frozen, dress like Frozen and act out scenes…
