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Category Archives: Family
How Do You Find a Word That Means Disordered?
Amy ponders the words used to describe people who nowadays might be diagnosed with ADHD. Read More
The Day I Had to Admit I Needed Professional Help for My Depression and Anxiety
GeekMom Elizabeth discusses the decision to get professional help for her depression and anxiety related to her miscarriage and secondary infertility. Read More
End of Year Reflections: Looking Back at 2019 and Forward to 2020
The end of the calendar year is a great time to look back at your year, evaluating how it went, and looking forward toward the next year. What do you want to happen? How will you get there? Read More
House (and Town, and University, and…) of My Dreams
Amy thinks about the settings of her dreams, and how they might relate to her waking life, in her small series on dream symbolism. Read More
Our Firstborn’s Santa Years Are Numbered and It’s Causing All the Feels
GeekMom Elizabeth reflects on how her firstborn is about to age out of Santa Magic. Read More
10 Things I Love About Our Thanksgiving
The unexpected follow up to “10 Things I Hate About You, Thanksgiving” that has been five years in the making. Read More
The Advent of Advent
While my Christmas music has been playing since September, and I am generally the exception not the rule, it is not too early to start thinking about Advent. Read More
I’d Rather Be a Toys “R” Us Kid
Toys “R” Us is gone, but the memories of those of us who grew up with it live on. Read More
#WorldsOkayestMom
In today’s Twitterfied, Instagrammed world, every mom looks better than me. Beautiful family pictures show kids in matching clothing. Clean homes have floors you can eat off of. Kids are always smiling. We live in a world where, increasingly, moms find themselves continuously “on trial.” A quick Google Search for “cops kid walking to park”… Read More
2020 Chevy Bolt EV First Look, Part 2: Family Car
Can the 2020 Chevy Bolt EV be a good family car? Yes but it depends on the size of your family and how many safety features you want for your teen driver. Read More
Waiting for Hogwarts
Every September as the leaves start to fall, out comes the Harry Potter box set for the next installment of the movie. This year saw the arrival of Dolores Umbridge and Bellatrix Lestrange in the Pinault house. Read More
Non-Electronic Entertaining For Kids At Their Siblings’ Games and Activities
GeekMom Elizabeth gives recommendations for non-electronic entertaining choices for kids that get dragged along to their sibling’s activities, practices, and sports games. Read More
Taking Kids Ever Upward With the Young Eagles Program
The EAA Young Eagles program is helping to create the next generation pilots and aviation enthusiasts, one free flight at at time. Read More
10 Tips for Interacting With the Grieving
How’s a person to help someone who’s grieving? I’m certainly no authority, and can’t speak for everyone out there who has suffered a loss or is suffering, but here are some suggestions. Read More
Shedding the Cloak of Procrastination
For years, Rebecca was a procrastinator. After kids, that was no longer an option. Time management skills helped, but it would take some serious soul-searching to shed the Cloak of Procrastination for good. Read More
‘Spawnpoint’: A Podcast by Gamer Parents For Gamer Parents
Have you heard of SPAWNPOINT yet? If your a gamer parent who likes podcasts made by gamer parents, then you need to listen to Spawnpoint! Read More
A Is for the Asexual Spectrum
A bit of explanation toward an often-misunderstood sexuality. Read More
Supporting My Non-Binary Child in a Gender Binary World
Being nonbinary is different from being transgender. In society, people can better understand transgender (understand, not support) because a person is still either male or female. But, nonbinary falls into a hard-to-grasp gray area. Read More
Clinging to My Geekdom to Guide Me Through Grief
So which fictional TV or movie mom would you choose to be your mom? “Sarah Connors (‘Terminator’), Joyce Summers (‘Buffy’), or Mrs. Weasley.” Little did I suspect that I would soon be channeling these women as I shape the next phase of motherhood when my husband died in his sleep the following morning. Read More
