#parental-stress

#parental-stress

Usher said it best, "If I'm gonna tell it, I gotta tell it all," and that's exactly what the moms are doing this week in Scary Mommy Confessions. The holidays are hard enough without all of us battling a million other thoughts and worries. Some of us are stressed about our kids, about our finances, about our relationships. Some of us are grieving this holiday season, and some of us are feeling completely pummeled by life.

A recap of the day's learning is beneficial for children, but let's change the way homework is done Homework - the mere mention of the word is guaranteed to strike fear into the hearts of parents and children up and down the country. For the grown-ups of my generation, the word usually triggers a collective trauma intricately interwoven with the all too familiar opening chords of RTÉ's Glenroe.