I couldn’t resist this headline: “Jennifer Lopez says she’s happy” – with a quick summary that took me to a longer article reporting that JLo says she “feels good.” Hey, I didn’t write it, and I don’t believe it. Do you? But I clicked on the article all the same, and then I read, and […]
Why We Sometimes Pick a Fight
Fighting, when we don’t mean to.
Women, Education and Parenting: Tough Choices, No-Brainers
Work. Kids. Priorities…
Big Bucks For Kids, Statistical Confusion?
I’ve commented previously on the cost of raising a child. At the time I did, the figures I used referenced newly released 2010 data, estimating $222,360 per child, on average (for middle income families), up to age 18. But this morning I took a look at another reference to the same originating document which is […]
Kids and Money (Again)
Tiff is probably too strong a term. Misunderstanding would be more accurate, but it was frustrating and upsetting, going around and around – again – with my son. Over money. Over things I can’t afford that I don’t consider a priority, although what he was asking wasn’t unreasonable. These are things his peers have, or […]
Stressed? Pressed? How Well Does Your Brain Work?
My stomach is knotting, my heart is pounding, pressure is fanning out across my chest. My mouth is dry, my words are sticky. Sometimes, my mind goes blank. Sound familiar? These are just a few of the symptoms we experience when we’re under extreme stress. Oh, not the everyday stuff we all grow accustomed to. […]
The Starter Marriage – Revisited
Consequences of the Starter Marriage and subsequent divorce. No kids, no harm, no foul?
I Dare You. I DOUBLE Dare You.
Why aren’t you pissed off? I mean – really pissed off – if you’re a woman struggling with running a household and holding down an outside job, and barely able to make it? Maybe you’re home with kids and wishing you could work for pay but it’s more expensive to cover child care than what […]
Two Words: Never Assume
Two words of advice, especially if divorcing: Never assume.
Motherhood. Damned If You Do. Damned If You Don’t.
That Mothering Job. Not so simple…