Three Times My Partner Deserved a Dad Award
2). When He Realized His Perfect Child Wasn’t Perfect The post Three Times My Partner Deserved a Dad Award appeared first on Just BE Parenting.
View ArticleDoing My Part to End Racism for the Next Generation Means Coming to Terms...
In the places I called home, racism blared with shouted slurs between cafeteria tables and revisionist history classes crafted by the Daughters of the Confederacy. The post Doing My Part to End Racism...
View ArticleSummer of Simplicity
This summer was supposed to be our most epic bucket list yet. We trekked to the passport office in February in preparation for our first international trip in July. (Ok, it was Canada, and we were...
View ArticleWhy I Wear A Mask to the Beach
Was it uncomfortable wearing a mask in the heat at the beach? Yes. But I will continue to wear it each and every time I come in contact with people “outside my circle.” The post Why I Wear A Mask to...
View ArticleThe Return to School Creates a New Parenting Battleground
Like many parents, my partner and I agonized over the decision of whether or not our daughters should return to school in person this fall. New Jersey has the advantage of beginning the school year...
View ArticleA Year Without Rain
When I stuck my hands in the pocket of my rain jacket this morning, I found three receipts dated March 13, 2020. I sucked in a breath when I realized I hadn’t been out in the rain in over a year. The...
View ArticleThe Parenthood Matrix: An Endless To-Do List of Urgent, Unimportant Tasks
Like many parents, I’m often overwhelmed by my to-do list. For every task I cross off, inevitably two more rise to take its place. Yet at the end of a busy day, I’m often left feeling like I haven’t...
View ArticleGeneration COVID
Generation COVID could easily become the ultimate Generation Grit. The post Generation COVID appeared first on Just BE Parenting.
View ArticlePracticing Nonjudgmental Parenting in the Post-Covid World
Confession time: Despite writing a blog dedicated to nonjudgmental parenting, I’ve been judging other parents for the past two years. I’m hesitant to even think about the world “post COVID”. This...
View ArticleWhere Have All the Little Kids Gone?
One day, I looked up and realized I no longer had little kids. Neither did my friends. We lived solidly in the realm of tweendom. The post Where Have All the Little Kids Gone? appeared first on Just BE...
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