Supermom In Training: Pick your battles. Trust me.
I'm a self-professed nagger. However, I prefer a softer term, maybe like "gentle reminder-er." It's like I tell my husband and son: I don't want to nag but I have to, because no one listens to me.
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Why I’m Choosing Single Motherhood
On this episode: Jamilah sits down with author Ruby Russell to talk about her new book, Doing It All: The Social Power of Single Motherhood. They talk about the ways that single mothers upend the patriarchy — and why that’s a good thing.
Lucy, Elizabeth, and Zak also circle up for a round of triumphs and fails — including an epic saga involving a hospital in the Philippines.
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“How I Learned to Quiet My ADHD Ruminations”
“My ruminations are usually born from a simple thought that bugs me just enough to spur further thought. Soon this little bug-thought grows into a goliath insect that lumbers like a creepy thing beside me for most of my precious time.”
https://www.additudemag.com/ru....minating-thoughts-ad
“11 Things I’d Tell My Younger Self”
“I’ve been on a journey to drain my seemingly bottomless pool of shame…and what helps me is to speak to that little girl and tell her all the things I wish I heard growing up — things that would have helped me break the difference = shame equation that crystallized in my young mind.”
https://www.additudemag.com/in....ner-child-healing-un
Conquering the Messy Bedroom
On this episode: Zak, Jamilah and Elizabeth answer a question from our Slate Parenting Facebook group about the eternal struggle of the messy preteen bedroom. It seems like no matter what you do, there just keeps being stuff. Everywhere. So, we’ll offer some practical suggestions to help.
We also dole out a round of recommendations — and then, for Slate Plus, we muse on how anyone expects anyone to manage a summer camp schedule.
Elizabeth recommends: 2 Player Games: The Challenge (google play & app store)
Zak recommends: Play Cafes like Kidcadia
Jamilah recommends: the Slate Parenting Facebook Group
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