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This is child abuse. In my opinion, at least.
My head hurts just watching it. And the language that she is using towards her child – I mean, I curse around my girls but I don’t curse AT my girls. All of it is just indicative of a bad situation. That mother needs parenting classes, a...
“If he loved you, he wouldn’t have hit you.”
Bullshit. It’s such a common thing to say, but it’s not true. Not always. All relationships are different, just like the people in them are. It is very, very possible to hit someone that you love. Love and violence are not mutually exclus...
Rented: There Were Two
This is an anonymous post from a dear blog friend of mine. My daughter was a miracle. I don’t mean that in the religious sense or even in a devoted parent sense. She was a scientific miracle. For a year my husband and I tried to get pregn...
Oh, you.
You are the perfect child. Now normally, when it comes to me doling out praise in braggadocios raves to strangers, it’s The Bella that gets most of it and you’re left with a “Oh, she’s just like me.” And you are, but tha...
Divorce is hard. Coparenting is even harder.
I don’t get to take my daughters Trick or Treating this year. That may sound trite to you, but it’s not to me. It’s something I’ve done with them every year, usually just me and them. This year, their father’s one weeken...
Different thoughts on the Polanski debacle.
So, Roman Polanksi raped someone. Let’s not get into the fact that she was 13. Or that she had a rabid stage mother. Or that she looked older than she was. Or that now she wants him to be left alone. Let’s not bother discussing that he de...

