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February 14, 2017 Rhiannon Giles

5 Whiny Reasons I Hate Valentine’s Day as a Mom

There are a million reasons to hate Valentine’s day. Expectations run high, parenting energy runs low. Restaurants are overbooked and babysitters are hard to come by. It has become a Hallmark holiday. Single people have their face rubbed in their singleness. Etc, etc, and on and on. I never really cared much one way or another. Now that I’m a mom I have found it to be another exhausting holiday and one that happens to come right on the heels of the 100th day of school. It shows up just as we have recovered from the winter holidays. And we don’t even get a day off work.

Greatest Hits Parenting

February 4, 2017 Rhiannon Giles

Open Letter to the Lazy Mother in the Grocery Store

Dear Lazy Mother in the Grocery Store,

I saw you.

Lunchables? Really?

I heard your kid whining for popsicles. I saw you reach into the freezer and ask which type.

Political

January 18, 2017 Rhiannon Giles

Growth vs Proficiency: An Open Illustrated Letter to Ms. DeVos

Dear Ms. DeVos,

It became quite clear during your nomination hearing that you don’t really know that much about education. Or guns or bears or sexuality. Three of those four things seem like important topics for Secretary of Education.

Greatest Hits Mental Health

November 21, 2016 Rhiannon Giles

When Self-Care is a “Relaxing” Bath Next to a Bowl Full of Pee

Give a burned-out mother five minutes and a Google search bar and she’ll be told no fewer than a dozen times that she needs to practice some self-care. Self-care is seen as this magical cure-all for anxiety, stress, and all that bothers you in life. I’m pretty sure it cures athlete’s foot and eczema, too.

Parenting

March 12, 2016 Rhiannon Giles

To that mom

To the mom who…

has laundry baskets full of all the random shit that collects around the house. Toys, hair bows, single socks.

Life Randomness

March 2, 2016 Rhiannon Giles

Mutter-Gruppen sind besser als ihr Ruf

So this happened.

Mutter-Gruppen sind besser als ihr Ruf

Yeah. That would be my “In Defense of the Mom Group” essay translated for Huffpost Germany.

Parenting

February 23, 2016 Rhiannon Giles

In defense of the mom group

The internet is full of criticisms for mom groups, and I will admit to laughing far too hard at the recent Ten Little Monkeys parody that has been making the rounds. I know those moms; the helpful advice couched in disapproval, the condescension and impractical suggestions. I know the moms who look for a fight, who rage quit at every opportunity and who have turned hypocrisy into an art form. The moms who publicly attack their peers for transgressions in the organic food aisle, and then hit up the drive through on the way home.