If you are a smartphone user of a certain age, you are probably one of two kinds of texters. My parents are the classic kind of baby boomer texters. They use punctuation and grammar as if an omnipotent teacher is always watching. They proofread their texts way more than I ever have. While they drop …
Seguir leyendo The Most Entertaining Parenting Texts of the Week (January 21, 2025)

Some parents are the funniest texters. One time, my mom texted me to let me know that the dog I performed in a community theater production of Anything Goes with in 2017 had sadly passed away. That’s the kind of news only your mom would text, and I’m always grateful for the hilariously random things …
Seguir leyendo The Most Entertaining Parenting Texts of the Week (January 14, 2025)

Christmas and New Year’s Eve are officially over, and most of us are back to work and school by now. That means letting go of the last couple of weeks of fun, relaxation,  pleasure, and food and returning to our old, boring routines. But anyone who has a toxic family knows that the fallout from …
Seguir leyendo The Most Entertaining Parenting Texts of the Week (January 7, 2025)

Every family group chat is an entirely different space. If your family isn’t talking to each other regularly, it might be challenging to conceptualize what exactly families are texting each other day in and day out. My family group chat is pretty low-key. We send each other pictures of the dogs, the occasional meme, and …
Seguir leyendo The Most Entertaining Parenting Texts of the Week (December 31, 2024)

It’s incredibly easy to hold your parents to extremely unrealistic standards. There might be something your mom said 10 years ago that seemed unbelievably cruel at the time, but looking back, it’s something that you would never think twice about if you said it. That’s not to say you need to forgive and forget every …
Seguir leyendo The Most Entertaining Parenting Texts of the Week (December 17, 2024)

It’s incredibly easy to hold your parents to extremely unrealistic standards. There might be something your mom said 10 years ago that seemed unbelievably cruel at the time, but looking back, it’s something that you would never think twice about if you said it. That’s not to say you need to forgive and forget every …
Seguir leyendo The Most Entertaining Parenting Posts of the Week (December 17, 2024)

Kids can be a real handful, especially when they become teenagers. I wish that we all came out of the womb as master communicators, able to empathetically talk through things with our parents and reach productive conclusions. Unfortunately, that’s easier said than done. Teens are brand new to this world, and they can struggle with …
Seguir leyendo The Most Entertaining Parenting Texts of the Week (December 10, 2024)

If you look through old texts on anybody’s phone, you’ll find a rich tapestry that illustrates some truth about who that person is. This is a massive shift from where texting was a mere 20 years ago. Back then, Ryan Seacrest had to beg us to text our votes for the next American Idol. Not …
Seguir leyendo The Most Entertaining Parenting Texts of the Week (December 3, 2024)

It’s Thanksgiving week, and you know what that means! You’re going to have to text your parents a lot more than you have any other week in 2024. Thanksgiving can be such a pain because it’s such a blip of a holiday. You travel thousands of miles to see family to eat one meal together, …
Seguir leyendo The Wildest Parenting Texts of the Week (November 26, 2024)

There’s something about texting that can wash away the shame of the questions you’re asking. Think about it…if you look through your old texts, I’m sure you’ve sent messages you’d be ashamed to say aloud. I’m not just talking about those kinds of texts; I’m talking about any texts. Sometimes, I read back messages I’ve …
Seguir leyendo The Most Entertaining Parenting Posts of the Week (November 19, 2024)