Momof5
Now that my sister is depressed, mom says it's a "damnable disease," but when I was depressed five years ago, I was just "a bitch".
2010-01-22 09:15:36 / Rating: 269 / 
Story archives - tag: "parenting"
Bill Coffin
Just as I was about to tell my eight-year-old daughter the truth about Santa Claus, she said she was going to ask him to end the war in Iraq.
2009-11-25 08:53:38 / Rating: 526.75 /
DBW
On my coming out to my mother, she told the whole family, adding that if they had a problem with it, she would have no problem burying them, dead or alive.
2009-11-19 09:48:37 / Rating: 1859.5 /
Stace
Becoming a stay-at-home mother has made me believe there is absolutely nothing wrong with drinking before noon.
2009-05-28 17:38:31 / Rating: 468.25 /
Crystal Young
It was when I saw her feet dangling by the bedside wastebasket that I realized she hadn't been kidnapped, but that I had mistakenly pushed her off the bed in my sleep.
2009-04-03 13:43:19 / Rating: 166.5 /
wolfcamel
When my three year old said that all "towel heads are evil," I knew it was time to explain how grandpop was a racist.
2008-10-13 16:48:11 / Rating: 486.75 /
Heather Rose
As I woke up from my nap to find written on my feet "This is my momma and you can't have her," I realized that my child is very, very strange.
2008-09-26 17:46:59 / Rating: 2172.75 /
Not your daughter
"Just lock your door at night" is not a reasonable thing to say to your 12-year-old daughter when she tells you her stepfather is molesting her.
2008-08-18 14:57:45 / Rating: 673.75 /
COD
Before I was a parent I never could have imaged that one day I would own both a horse and a saddle that are worth more than my car.
2008-07-07 14:18:03 / Rating: 263.25 /
KC
I was so disappointed when I learned Santa was Mom and Dad, but I am so excited now that Santa is me.
2008-07-07 13:59:19 / Rating: 654.75 /
No Secret
Our father's favourite game of deserting us in public places strengthened our sibling bond.
2008-01-08 10:16:35 / Rating: 513 /
MamaXT
The first time my baby cried, I woke up from my 8 hour anesthesia coma, sat up in bed, and said "give me my baby."
2007-09-13 14:29:42 / Rating: 342 /
zot
I am heart-sick because, like many parents of children with profound disabilities, my most secret and unspoken prayer is "Dear God, please let me outlive my child."
2007-06-04 10:06:58 / Rating: 599.25 /
Sasha
I'm trying to convince my mom to let me go to a co-ed sleepover, but she's like a stone wall.
2007-03-20 16:39:02 / Rating: 277.5 /
KC
I can't wait until "Cars" comes out on DVD because I am so sick of watching "Over the Hedge" non-stop.
2006-10-31 14:08:07 / Rating: 334 /
Drew_Almighty
My wife and I promise each other that our love for one another will always come first, but now that our daughter is actually here we both know we're lying when we say it.
2006-10-18 14:27:23 / Rating: 460.5 /