Story archives - tag: "parenthood"

sorry about that

Funny how I considered Mom the weak parent, but he's the one who killed himself.

tags: not funny parenthood suicide misconception [add]

2008-04-10 14:58:13 / Rating: 158.5 /

Jamie

Upon seeing my newborn daughter for the the first time, it occurred to me that, at age 36, she was the first person I had ever met who was related to me.

tags: adoption parenthood relations families [add]

2007-12-06 12:18:33 / Rating: 356.25 /

Rodak

By the time she was eleven, I was dismayed to realize that, instead of being the best available antidote to my chronic existential angst, she was developing into its second-generational embodiment.

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2007-08-19 21:37:24 / Rating: 129.25 /

Mimi Ghez

When I got my period at age 12, my father stood outside the bathroom door, trying to make me feel better by singing the words to a popular 1970s commercial, "You are a W - U - O - M - A - N, you are a woooman!"

tags: humor sex ed childhood parenthood [add]

2006-12-15 22:07:47 / Rating: 301.75 /