What It Means To Be A Scary Mommy Now

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Mar 07, 2022

What It Means To Be A Scary Mommy Now   Welcome to our new, spiffy newsletter, which accompanies our brand-spanking-new website design over at scarymommy.com (go check it out!). I'm Kate, Scary Mommy's new(ish) editor-in-chief, and, along with my wonderful team, we'll be bringing you all the great stuff you've long loved from Scary Mommy, along with a few new bells and whistles.  A word about what it means to be a Scary Mommy in 2022: It's no secret that moms have had it the worst since the pandemic began over two years ago. We've been at our breaking points time and time again and yet told to carry on, without much meaningful support to speak of from our employers or government. We've yelled – hell, we've primal screamed – for help and been offered little in return except "you're doing great, sweetie."  So it's through that lens – the months-past-the-breaking-point, where-do-we-even-go-from-here lens – that Scary Mommy takes a moment to begin anew. You'll see a warmer, more modern looking site than you're used to, but we're still the same girl underneath the new veneer. With this new Scary Mommy, I promise to help bring you not only those biting, truthful first-person accounts of motherhood, sex & relationships, and mental health & well-being (and much more), but also stories about things you care about not just as moms but as women (*gasp*) of a certain age.  We'll hit your inbox every day, just as we always have, and look forward to further creating a dynamic community together. We're so, so so glad you're here!

Divorce When My Spouse And I Split, Here Are The 4 Best Things We Did For The Kids   I love this piece by longtime Scary Mommy writer Katie Bingham-Smith. It's not only brutally honest but it's helpful, too. If you find yourself navigating a split, here are a few things to keep in mind. Read More   Mental Health Stop Telling Me My Kids Will Be Fine   Samm Burnham Davidson has four kids – including a pandemic-era baby – so she has thoughts on whether the kids will all be OK on the other end of this. This piece is funny and real and has definitely been front of mind for many of us over the past two years. Read More   Teens What I Said When My Son Asked Me If Parenting Was Worth It   We've all thought it in those dark and twisty moments when you're this close to a breakdown. And – surprise – it turns out that maybe our kids pick up on that, shall we say uncertainty, you might have in your decision to procreate. Vanessa Kroll Bennett talks about the moment her kid asked her if this whole parenting thing was worth it, and what it made her think about as a result. Read More

Featured!   What This Texas Mom Of A Trans Kid Wants You To Know   One night while doomscrolling, I came across this badass Texas mom named Amber Briggle, whose teenage son is trans. Of course, she shouldn't have to be fighting for his rights, but this is Texas in 2022, so here we are. I had the privilege of speaking with Briggle last week. Here, in her own words, is what she wants you to know about what her family has been going through since Governor Abbott's ludicrous order in February.

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