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A Teenage Talk All Teens Should Get
I remember a day, sometime just before I began high school as a freshman. My older cousin had just left, after coming over to see if I was excited to go to the same school as him. He certainly seemed like he was excited for it. We'd grown up to be close, and he acted more like a big brother than a cousin.
By Hope Martin14 days ago in Families
Being Confronted With My Child Learning About Racism In School
My eldest is homeschooled. So I am the one who gets to be her teacher, and I love this most days. However, in the last few weeks, my Kinder has been learning about the Civil War, Martin Luther King, The Underground Railroad, slavery, and racism. And I was taken by surprise by the complicated feelings I had over it.
By Hope Martin16 days ago in Families
PSA For New Dads On Mummy's Postpartum Depression
If you are reading this and expecting to have or have had a recent addition to your family, congratulations from the bottom of my heart! As a proud Mommy, I understand that the joy is either making your heart explode, or it hasn't registered yet and you are too terrified to hold it, or you're already imagining all the people you're going to have to go to prison for murder for to protect the wee thing as they grow up. It's okay. It's all normal.
By Hope Martin16 days ago in Families
Make America ?????? Again.
I am upset. I avoid the news for a reason. It gives me anxiety. Or I get mad. Or I get sad. And then I have a very very hard time shaking that feeling. I'm on anxiety regulators for a reason. So unlike the rest of America, I do NOT start my day with the morning news. I start it with coffee, my kids, more coffee, some cleaning, more coffee, some singing with the birds like Snow White, more coffee, and then... yeah. More coffee.
By Hope Martinabout a month ago in The Swamp
I Do Not "Gentle Parent" My Children, I Teach Them
In the last few years, there has been a lot of focus on child psychology and 'gentle parenting' techniques that are supposedly 'better' methods to use to raise our children. And yeah, they are better... they are much better alternatives to the "beat the crap out of your kids until they are obedient" method that the older generations are used to.
By Hope Martinabout a month ago in Confessions
- Top Story - April 2024
Thank You Female Product Companies For Normalizing HumanTop Story - April 2024
I was born in 1990. In May, smack dab early mid-year. I am quite LITERALLY the definition of a '90's' kid. I don't remember a lot of commercials from when I was younger, but I do know that growing up women in media were photoshopped, sculpted, and molded to be Barbie perfect.
By Hope Martinabout a month ago in Viva
America - The New Type of 3rd World Country?
When I lived in Australia, it took a long time to get used to things there. Not only were the basic things like electric outlets, the prongs on something electric, the toilet flushes, light switches and the side of the road you drive on different.... but the people were different as well.
By Hope Martin2 months ago in The Swamp
The Shadiest Financial Company and It's Shell Companies and Third Parties
I am not one to usually report on negative things. I am of the mind that there is enough ugly out there to warrant me trying not to write about trending bad news or negativity. I try to keep my articles on the more positive note.
By Hope Martin2 months ago in Trader
The Dragon That Raised A Phoenix
Hey Mom. It's International Women's Day on March 8. Isn't that funny? The country we live in celebrates International Women's Day, and yet they are taking away women's rights systematically. Anyway, I'm writing this letter not just to you, but to anyone who reads it, because Vocal challenged me to write about a woman who inspired me.
By Hope Martin3 months ago in Families