A common question I heard asked among the attendees at BlogHer ’10 was: “So, do you miss your kids?” I felt like a troll each time I answered, “No, not really.” If pressed about it (which I wasn’t), I might have offered “Well, we did just spend four weeks on the road together,” or “I [...]

Here’s a rare laugh-out-loud skit from Saturday Night Live that my 16yo made a point of showing me recently.  (and by the way, we laughed the hardest at the “Having a Sarcastic Conversation with the Car in Front of You” bit, since that is totally me) Tweet This Post

(find more Top Ten Tuesday posts at ohamanda.com) Disclaimer:  I am not being a prude by using certain euphemisms or keystroke replacements when writing about $ex, I’m just trying to minimize disturbing search queries from finding my blog.  And speaking of disturbing…some parents are terrified about having “the talk” with their kids.  Having recently gone a [...]

I first heard about Yoursphere, a social networking site for kids and teens, at last year’s Type A Mom Conference.  One of the attendees was particularly enthusiastic about the safe, supportive, entertaining environment of this site, considered “social media on training wheels.”  Kids and teens can create profiles, start blogs, share pictures, play age-appropriate games, [...]

(for more Top Ten Tuesday posts, visit – for this Tuesday only – ohamanda’s stand-in,  it’s come 2 this) Though I’ve shed plenty of tears over my teenage daughters, I have never subscribed to the belief that the teenage years are inevitably difficult for a parent to enjoy. There may be times, ages, and stages [...]

My oldest daughter is a sophomore in high school, and I knew to expect the flood of college brochures and postcards we’d start getting in the mail toward the end of this school year. What I did not expect were the other letters – some of them Very Important with Great News for Your Child [...]

Mom bloggers with tweens and teens offer an added benefit to companies interested in seeking reviews and/or brand enthusiasts and ambassadors.  Moms may have a vast social network online and off, connecting with other bloggers, moms in the PTA, neighbors in the community.  But tweens and teens today have networks of their own, including those in social [...]

There’s a lot more Mama Drama rolled into this story, but I’ll give you the short version:  16yo daughter screwed up, I gave her a 2nd chance – with very clear stipulations attached.  16yo daughter plowed through stipulations and blew it again, I grounded her for 2 weeks. Too bad, so sad.  The end.  Or was it? Now, if this [...]

For those who have mentioned the excitement of my daughter turning 16 today, my reaction has probably seemed confusing (I’m referring to the low mumbling and the rolling of the eyes).  I, too, am excited for my daughter and this time of her life, but there is naturally a little part of me that finds it [...]

Last night my 13yo daughter suffered a freak “crush injury,” and I don’t mean the cute boy at school snubbed her in the hallway. My husband and 15yo and 13yo daughters were coming home with dinner from the store.  My husband had told my 13yo he wanted her to pull the trash can up from [...]