Arizona State University published a study in 2016 that identified the most stressed out parents as those who have middle school aged children. The findings surprised the researchers who had thought that infancy would naturally be the most stressful time of parenting. What they discovered is that parents with middle school aged children are by […] Read more…
October 2017 archive
Stopping Workplace Sexual Harassment
My story about being sexually harassed is one of my funniest. Of course, it’s been heavily edited and refined over the years. Since my early twenties I’ve managed to whittle away all the scary anxiety-provoking parts until it was boiled down to something resembling a scene out of a nineteen-fifties comedy; slightly inappropriate yet humorous. […] Read more…
Stop Waiting for the Next Vegas to Happen
I’m furious. Totally and completely furious. And I hope you are too. Consider yourself warned because the next person to tell me that gun control is a slippery slope and that will lead to only the “bad guy” owning guns I’m going to punch them in the throat. Hard. Can we all please remember that […] Read more…
How I’ve Talked to my Sons About What it Means to Take a Knee
I live in house with two sons, a husband and two male dogs. I am the only estrogen in my house. This translates into 22 consecutive weeks where pretty much the only thing on our television is football. There is literally a game every freaking day and night: professional, college, high school, flag. My house […] Read more…