This Year I’m Gonna Parent Like It’s 1999

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Jul. 19, 2023 NO HELICOPTERING This Year I'm Gonna Parent Like It's 1999 "Something miraculous happened to me recently," writes Carolyn Abram. "I realized my kids, ages 9 and 7, are now old enough to walk the three blocks to the bus stop by themselves." Talk about a milestone! Now, she knew she had plenty of ways to keep tabs on them remotely while they did this: "I could slip an AirTag into their backpacks, buy them a Gizmo watch, or hand them a cell phone." But she's opting for something different: Instead, I decided to pretend like it was the 1990s, when we simply didn't have the technology to watch every single minute of our children's existence." And today she's talking about what she decided to do instead, and why. Check it out. Kelly Faircloth, Executive Editor Read More ⮕ Latest SMELLS LIKE SUMMER 12 Bath & Body Works Scents For When You Desperately Need A Beach Day Get some vitamin sea. Read More. PARENTING 1979-1982 Babies Are A Lost Generation "No one knows how to classify us. No one knows how to explain us." Read More. GIVE ME SPACE How To Take A Break From Your Partner When You Live In The Same House — & Why You Should Asking for what you need is not selfish. Read More. Featured PARENTING From The Confessional: 'I Hate Socializing With Other Parents' It's summertime, and I bet you've got a lot to vent about. And so today's roundup from the Scary Mommy Confessional is a grab bag: "Here's what 25 anonymous parents had to share this week about everything from potty training and constant clutter to simply hating small talk with other moms and dads," says Emma Coburn. This one sound familiar? Both WFH, yet somehow I have to always bring son on MY errands, no so for hubs." If you want to scream into the Confessional, too, the link here. And if you want to browse past Confessions, head here. Read More ⮕ What We're Reading ⮕ 11-Year-Old Boy In Viral TikTok Looking For Friends Has Message For Bullies ⮕ More Money Makes Everyone Happier — With One Major Exception ⮕ When The Class Biter Is Your Son

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