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The Talk, Episode 3.

March 25, 2016 by not your average mom 2 Comments

Zones is in Webster, NY (near Rochester) and about 5 1/2 hours from our house. A blog reader who has taken a couple of my e-courses and become an online friend of mine let me know she lived in Webster, and we arranged to have dinner last night in town. I had never met her […]

Filed Under: Funny Stuff, Your Daily Dose Tagged With: birds and the bees, lesbians, Number 4, sex

The Tunnel and the Train

October 25, 2015 by not your average mom 3 Comments

This afternoon I was sitting with a couple friends watching Number 3’s baseball game. All of our sons play on the same team, and one of the friends lives just down the road from me. After I had unfolded my chair, sat down and gotten all my stuff settled, she said to me, “Have you […]

Filed Under: Humor Tagged With: american girl doll, birds and the bees, bus, sex, shower

I can’t hear you. I have a labia in my ear.

January 7, 2015 by not your average mom 2 Comments

Earlier today, this happened: The rest of the kids were impressed with the parts of his head that Number 6 managed to cover with marker. It was everywhere. An unidentified male member of the family took one look at him. “Whoah! It’s even in your ears! You got green all the way inside your… labia!” […]

Filed Under: Funny Stuff, Life at My House, Parenting, Your Daily Dose Tagged With: birds and the bees, female anatomy, sex ed talks

Forget the birds and the bees. This talk is more important.

May 1, 2014 by not your average mom Leave a Comment

It’s no secret that I’ve had some dealings with more than one mental health issue. I’ve written about it here. And here. And here. I’m not ashamed of it. Or embarrassed by it. I believe many of the problems in our society are a direct result from the stigma that is still attached to mental illness. Most people are […]

Filed Under: Sound Mind Sound Body Tagged With: birds and the bees, issues, mental health

Scared straight.

April 24, 2014 by not your average mom Leave a Comment

If you are just joining the party, a few months ago, after spending a Sunday alone with all the kids, without ever leaving the house, and while trying (unsuccessfully) to get some stuff done, my husband said to me, “We need to get you some help.” So the search for an Alice began. Alice Number […]

Filed Under: Funny Stuff, Life at My House, Parenting, Your Daily Dose Tagged With: birds and the bees, boo boos, how to traumatize a kid, scared straight, stitches

Not Your Average Schlong

March 22, 2014 by not your average mom 4 Comments

I took Number 3 and 4 to a swim meet yesterday. This was the conversation in the car: Number 3: Why can’t boys and girls just change in the same locker room? Number 4: Because it would be inappropriate for girls to see boys’ privates… But it’s okay for boys to see girls’. Me: NO […]

Filed Under: Your Daily Dose Tagged With: birds and the bees, privates

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