Advice Makes Us Crazy

We’re in an era of what seems to be unprecedented information about parenting. Books, magazines, newspaper columns, and even websites like this one bubble over with advice and opinions about what you “should” be doing for your kids and more to the point, how they should be.

It’s enough to make us crazy. If you’re susceptible to the endless marketing barrage aimed at parents and the constant rush of advice books whose authors aren’t selling anything but themselves, you can really get into a lather. If you’re Continue reading »

Best Parenting Advice in 140 Characters

The best parenting advice coming over the wi-fi today is from a surprising source: a cranky 73-year-old with a serious potty mouth and an adult son who still lives with him.

Allegedly, the 29-year-old son posts his dad’s direct, disarming and rather salty morsels via shitmydadsays on Twitter. Follow him here.

Today’s bit seems rather timely, considering the featured essay on Babble today. Alisha McKinney admits that she lies about her son’s age, because her son’s language development hasn’t kept up with his peers — or the development milestone charts. What is shitmydadsays’s Tweet today? Continue reading »

At this Shower They’re All Bad Mothers

You know the old tried and true “make a book of advice” trick for the new mom? Oh that was so yesterday. The new must-have beside that diaper cake?

A list of the worst things you’ve ever done as a mother. Continue reading »

Salvation Army Shopper Spanks Stranger’s Toddler

One day last week, I had no less than three strangers make suggestions to me on how to parent my kids.  Annoying, yes, but I’m grateful for one thing:  No one tried to slap them or spank them.

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Kid Survives for 20 Days with $20: Could You Do It?

I’m always amazed at the crazy things people do to prove a point and this story is no different. I happen to be a huge fan of UFCU (University Federal Credit Union), and I recently came across a special contest they’re doing for college students. It’s called, ‘What Can You Do With $20.09?‘ and the premise is what can you do with $20? In this economy, how creative can folks get when it comes to pinching pennies? Creative, indeed.

One student in particular, David Lee, a senior at the University of Texas, has decided to see if he can exist for 20 days with only $20. David is originally from Houston and he’s an advertising major working at FG SQUARED in Austin, Texas. His trick is trying to survive for 20 days on $20 worth of food. (Does this tug at your mommy heart strings or what?) He’s doing it to prove $20.09 is nothing to scoff at!

He’s keeping the world apprised of his hunger-riddled journey on his blog, which he update regularly. He even lists the stringent rules he will be following like not accepting free food from people, although he is allowed to munch on sample foods that may be available at the grocery store. Refer to pic of waffles above for visual! He said he won’t steal and he won’t go dumpster driving. What a sweetheart.

The best tip he has received thus far is someone told him he could buy a jar of peanut butter at Kroger’s for $1.75. Another tip he was banking on to emerge thin, yet victorious, was he could buy 10 pounds of chicken legs for $4. Unfortunately that tip feel through because it was a special at Albertson’s and Albertson’s grocery stores aren’t in Austin.

Parents, this is your opportunity to share your thrifty two cents with someone who desperately needs it! Remember when you were a broke college student? If you know any good recipes for eating cheap and I mean really cheap, drop David a comment on his blog. Let’s help this courageous college student dazzle the blogosphere with his uncanny ability to survive for 20 days on $20! Right now he has 8 days to go with only $5.15 left. Can he do it?