February 5, 2011

On the Lighter Side of Parenting: Sharing the (Blog) Love

Denise Schipani / 8 Comments / humor, mom bloggers / Christina Frank, Debbie Koenig, HGTV, Jen Singer, Jennifer Carsen, Jennifer Lawler, Lisa Bonchek Adams, Meagan Francis, Momma Tries /

Yesterday, I got a lovely email from a fellow blogger I recently “met,” named Jennifer Carsen, who writes the blog Mommy Tries. She told me she’d given me a shout out in her blog, and in a sort of good-side-of-the-chain-letter way, I want to give back. Writing, mothering — both are, at many times, lonely […]

May 10, 2010

On the Day After Mother’s Day: Trust Your Gut, Moms!

Denise Schipani / 1 Comment / babycare, family life, humor, mom bloggers / instinct, Jen Singer, Mommasaid.net, Mother's Day /

As readers can tell by perusing my last post, I’m not on board with junking up emotions surrounding motherhood with borrowed words or treacly sentiment. I’m all about the reality, kiddos. I’ve also never been, since becoming a mom, about abandoning my own hard-won instincts in order to follow any crowd into a place that […]

March 24, 2010

Who Took My 7-Year-Old and Replaced Him With a Teenager?!

Denise Schipani / 7 Comments / discipline, family life, humor, school / bus stop, independence, Jen Singer, Mommasaid.net, school bus, teenagers /

Over at Mommasaid.net, my friend and colleague Jen Singer lists some of the reasons parenting teens is harder now than it used to be (exhibit A: sexting. Shudder). Jen actually has a newly-minted, real-life teenage son. I do not, yet (though I do sometimes stare at the welter of kid-size sneakers, boots, and soccer cleats […]