Teachers are some of the *last* people we should expect to be parents
Leave them alone!
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Explaining a parent's big illness to kids
When mommy has a boo boo inside
Paid subscriber issue: I'm not a regular mom, I'm a chimp mom
One for the secret bad mom files
An ode to witchy stepmoms: the reprise
Put some respect on their names
Paid subscriber post: We're probably mostly ok at being friends
Try this on for size: What if "mostly ok" is pretty good?
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No amount of cherishing your kid now will let you skip feeling melancholy later
It's science. So go ahead, complain!
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An ode to early late-summer birthdays
A little tribute to the day that made me a witch
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I need summer childcare to write about summer childcare!
But it's fine (because it has to be)
“People make fun of me for talking about death at parties.” “Me too!”
Also, some uplifting-ish political news
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When you want to avoid the news but also help save democracy
“It's not where the glamor is, it's where the power is.”
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How some witches talk family alcohol abuse
It's for me, not for thee, and actually it's not for me either. Good luck!
Your family vs its shit
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