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Parenthood & Parenting Tips

You Don’t Have To Have Kids : Part III

April 4, 2017

  Hello! This is Part III of the You Don't Have To Have Kids series: Click here for Part I . It's really short.  Click here for Part II . It covers the baby/toddler stage. And now we're … [Read more...] about You Don’t Have To Have Kids : Part III

Filed Under: Adoption, Marriage and Family, Parenthood & Parenting Tips Tagged With: Disciplining Kids, Family Code Word, Mom guilt, Parenting Advice, Parenting Hacks, Parenting Stories, Punishing Kids, Raising Kids, working moms

You Don’t Have To Have Kids : Part II

March 14, 2017

You need to read Part 1 first. Sorry, but you do. (It's short) Click on this: You Don’t Have To Have Kids And here’s Part II: … [Read more...] about You Don’t Have To Have Kids : Part II

Filed Under: Adoption, Marriage and Family, Parenthood & Parenting Tips Tagged With: First Time Mom, growing up, Mom Blog, Mom Life, mommyhood, New Mommy, parenting blog, Parenting Hacks, parenting is hard, Parenting Unfiltered, Real Deal Parenting

You Don’t Have To Have Kids

February 15, 2017

Not long after I got married, one of my friends said to me: “You know… you don’t have to have kids. “ She said it in passing, and she said it lovingly, but when we hung up, I felt a little off … [Read more...] about You Don’t Have To Have Kids

Filed Under: Adoption, Marriage and Family, Parenthood & Parenting Tips Tagged With: Having Kids, motherhood, Raising Adopted Kids, Raising Biological Kids, Raising Kids, Real Talk About Kids, Starting A Family, Unlikely Moms

Not Everybody Is Going To Like You

January 9, 2017

  The other day, after school, one of my daughters was blah blah blah about some game she and her friends were playing at recess. I stopped her because the story was taking like 3 hours, and … [Read more...] about Not Everybody Is Going To Like You

Filed Under: Friendship, Marriage and Family, Parenthood & Parenting Tips Tagged With: friendship, growing up, growing up is hard, Haters Gonna Hate, love your tribe, mean girls, Mom Blog, mom blogger, Shake it off, tribe

Do You Believe In G-D?

December 30, 2016

As a parent there are certain, inevitable questions you need to be prepared for: “Where do babies come from?” “Who invented pretzels?” And the ever popular: “Do you believe in G-D?”  … [Read more...] about Do You Believe In G-D?

Filed Under: Friendship, Marriage and Family, Parenthood & Parenting Tips Tagged With: 2016, Celebrity Deaths 2016, Circle Of Life, Dealing With Loss, Family Blog, RIP2016, Talking to kids about death, Talking to kids about God, Why Do Good People Have To Die

Mailbag Monday! When You Didn’t Mean To Hit REPLY TO ALL, Teenager Mood Swings and The Big Game

December 12, 2016

It's Mailbag Monday at Dim Sum and Doughnuts! Below are the topics/questions for this installment. Feel free to agree, disagree or add on in the comment section. #ItTakesAVillage Here we go, … [Read more...] about Mailbag Monday! When You Didn’t Mean To Hit REPLY TO ALL, Teenager Mood Swings and The Big Game

Filed Under: Friendship, Mailbag Monday!, Parenthood & Parenting Tips Tagged With: Apologizing, Go Buckeyes, growing up, hurt feelings, Mom of girls, Mommy Blog, parenting, parenting blog, Teenage Mood Swings, Teenagers

Know Your Worth

November 28, 2016

  When it comes to committed relationships, there are two types of girls. (There are probably more, but for the point of this piece, there are two.) First, there are the girls who make … [Read more...] about Know Your Worth

Filed Under: Marriage and Family, Parenthood & Parenting Tips, Relationships Tagged With: Empowering Girls, growing up, Mommy Blog, mommy blogger, parenting blog, Teaching girls

It’s Her Story To Tell

November 20, 2016

"It's Her Story To Tell" A Dim Sum & Doughnuts Guest Post By: Laurie Freeman Every age presents a new challenge when our kids are growing up. And as much as we try or think we should shelter … [Read more...] about It’s Her Story To Tell

Filed Under: Adoption, Guest Post, Parenthood & Parenting Tips Tagged With: adoption, adoption awareness, adoption blog, adoption blogger, Adoption Community, Dim Sum And Doughnuts, getting real about adoption, inclusion, national adoption month, Shoey and Dot

The Election: 2016

November 16, 2016

During the final weeks leading up to the 2016 presidential election, my 7 year old (JJ) asked me every day: “Mommy, who are you voting for?” And every day I’d respond the same way: … [Read more...] about The Election: 2016

Filed Under: Marriage and Family, Parenthood & Parenting Tips, Rants Tagged With: Anti Semitism, growing up, metro detroit blogger, parenting blog, Presidential Election 2016, Talking to your kids about racism

What Happens When You Give Up Your Name

October 30, 2016

I got my first tattoo when I was nineteen. At the time, I was very tight with my dad and in a relationship with someone I really liked. My dad also liked him. It was the end of my sophomore year at … [Read more...] about What Happens When You Give Up Your Name

Filed Under: Adoption, Parenthood & Parenting Tips Tagged With: adoption blog, Changing your name, Dim Sum And Doughnuts, Go Bucks, growing up, metro detroit blog, Mom Blog, parenting blog, Taking a new name

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