Household
Things you don't do
Kathleen Donahoe on "slovenliness" vs. priorities
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Household
Paid subscriber issue: Hosting while sober
These are not the 'roids you're looking for
Witchy takes
Teachers are some of the *last* people we should expect to be parents
Leave them alone!
Relationships
Explaining a parent's big illness to kids
When mommy has a boo boo inside
Pop Culture
Paid subscriber issue: I'm not a regular mom, I'm a chimp mom
One for the secret bad mom files
Witchy takes
An ode to witchy stepmoms: the reprise
Put some respect on their names
Witchy takes
Paid subscriber post: We're probably mostly ok at being friends
Try this on for size: What if "mostly ok" is pretty good?
Expert advice
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
Newsletter
I need summer childcare to write about summer childcare!
But it's fine (because it has to be)
Relationships
“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.”