VIRAL BLOGS

Viral Blogs

Doing Time in Elementary School

By M. | Sep 7, 2017

This is my 13th consecutive year with a child in elementary school. It’s also, finally, my last. I’ve done my ...

Open Letter To My Kids About Summer

By M. | Jun 17, 2015

Hey Kids, Feel free to leave your stuff wherever you want this summer. Half drunk smoothies in the family room? ...

The Beautiful Maddening Contradiction of Teenagers

By M. | Jan 27, 2017

I happen to love teenagers. Both the ones I’ve worked with for years and, most of the time, my own. ...

The Hair Pulling Madness of the Campus Tour

By M. | Feb 23, 2017

I was a tour guide in college. I worked in admissions. I’ve consulted with students applying to college. I know ...

A Letter to My Friends on New Year’s Day

By M. | Jan 1, 2016

Dear Friends, It is the first day of the year and of course I want to wish you a Happy ...

The Default Parent Resume

By M. | Feb 15, 2016

Resumes are kind of my thing. My entire career has been evaluating applicants on their professional experience, but lately it occurs ...

The Wallet Years: The Worst Stage of Parenting?

By M. | Oct 16, 2018

There is much debate about the worst stage of parenting. Is it when they are newborns and don’t sleep? Is ...

Hey Mom and Dad, Applying to College Is Killing My Mojo

By M. | Oct 15, 2015

I have a vague recollection of my life before I was applying to college. There was this magical thing called ...

Vacation or Trip? A Helpful Guide for Parents

By M. | Jul 14, 2015

So, you’re headed out on a family vacation this summer. Great news! But are you sure? Are you sure it’s ...

Vacation Daddy

By M. | Jul 6, 2016

Something happens to my husband when we go on vacation. He turns into what we refer to as, Vacation Daddy. ...

Seven Signs of the Aging Apocalypse

By M. | Jan 29, 2019

Locust? Famine? Floods? You wish. Nope. The Aging Apocalypse is not the end of the world, just the end of ...

Teenagers in the Mist

By M. | Dec 5, 2016

Nestled deep within the quiet suburban setting, we come upon the natural habitat of the complex human, known as The ...

The Legend of The Fourth of July in My Hometown

By M. | Jul 4, 2017

When I was growing up, July 4th was my favorite holiday. Forget the high holy days, or even the guaranteed ...

The Modern Midlife Crisis

By M. | Sep 2, 2014

It's not your parents' midlife crisis. Hey, how’s your midlife crisis going? Mine’s great, thanks for asking. I can no ...

Gen Xers, Unite! Or Don’t. Whatever.

By M. | Mar 5, 2020

You’ve got to hand it to Gen Xers. We have been so ambivalent about everything we have finally been totally ...

The Default Parent™

By M. | Sep 16, 2014

Are you the default parent? If you have to think about it, you’re not. You’d know. Trust me. The default ...

Why I Wanted to Throw an Apple at My Husband’s Head for 20 Years

By M. | Jun 7, 2017

This is the somewhat true story of how my husband eating an apple in the car for twenty years nearly, ...

Enjoy Every Minute of It? Do You Even Have Kids?

By M. | Mar 24, 2016

"Enjoy every minute of it" is the most well-meaning piece of parenting advice, and yet, the most ridiculously delusional. This ...

September is the Worst

By M. | Sep 30, 2015

Not to be totally paranoid, but I’m pretty sure September is trying to kill me. Forget December and the holiday ...

45 Years Old Isn’t the "New" Anything

By M. | Aug 24, 2015

Turns out 45 years old is just 45 years old. An age that means you are old enough to not ...

The Six Fighting Words All Couples Know and Hate

By M. | Sep 3, 2015

After being married for two decades, I’ve noticed a couple of things about arguing with my husband. Probably the most ...

Cheating Death: 30 Years of Borrowed Time

By M. | Sep 7, 2015

We weren’t doing anything wrong. We weren’t drinking or doing drugs. We were good kids hanging out on the last ...

Parenting from the Couch

By M. | Jan 14, 2015

Forget Tiger Moms and Helicopter Parenting and the latest parental wackiness I’m coining, Fighter Jet Escort Parenting, a disturbing mutation ...