parenting – April Fox

December 7, 2016

The Teenagers’ Guide to Pitching Plans to Your Parents

How not to drive your parents crazy when you’re texting to make plans

parenting, Uncategorized

parenting, raising teenagers, texting
August 19, 2016

New Book, “Chicken Soup for the Fuck You,” is here.

My new book, Chicken Soup for the Fuck You: Inspirations, Observations, and Character Assassinations is now available in print and Kindle format via Amazon. Here’s a little about the book: “Chicken Soup for the Fuck You” is spit straight from the hyperactive brain of a lifelong oddball who has, to put it simply, seen some…

asheville nc, asheville writers, books, humor, parenting, politics, religion, Uncategorized

april fox, asheville writer, chicken soup for the fuck you, donald trump, humor, parenting, pat robertson, satire
April 6, 2016

Quit Complicating Your Kids’ Questions About Gender and Sexuality

Every time legislation is passed that has anything to do with civil rights, things like being allowed to marry or use the bathroom in peace or whatever, people start using children as proxies for their fear and lack of understanding. It spreads like a rash across social media, this epidemic of made-up conversations kids are…

asheville writers, children, editorial, family, gay marriage, gay rights, human rights, marriage equality, politics, relationships, religion, social issues, Uncategorized

april fox, asheville nc, children, gay rights, hb2, north carolina politics, parenting, transgender
February 19, 2014

Barbie: Taking Our Daughters to the Dark Side, One Pink Stiletto Step at a Time

When I was a kid, playing with Barbie was a given. Little girls played Barbie, little boys played G.I. Joe, and once you all hit about twelve, your moms quit allowing you to play with both of them together because dammit, Barbie’s not a hooker. But maybe she is. I’ve heard a surprising number of…

family, feminism, humor, parenting, Uncategorized

Barbie, daughters, feminism, mothers, parenting
October 12, 2012

Minnie Mouse: Spokesmodel for Anorexia (or, How to State the Ridiculous)

So apparently, there’s some fancy store somewhere called Barneys. And apparently they’ve just recruited beloved childhood icon Minnie Mouse into their army of evil, promoting poor body-image among little girls while enticing people into the store for half-off sales and cheesy Christmas music played over a tinny loudspeaker. The story is that Barneys has created…

parenting, social issues

anorexia, barneys, body image, bulimia, change.org, disney, minnie mouse, parenting
May 22, 2012

Banished from the Plastic Princess Kingdom

Baby girl got a set of Disney Princess dolls from her father’s girlfriend. I don’t have anything in particular against the Princesses, although I vastly prefer Grimm’s Cinderella tale to the sappy sweet animated cartoon versions, simply because I prefer the dark and slightly macabre to the fluff and fabricated happy endings. The argument that…

humor, parenting, Uncategorized

belle, cinderella, disney, dolls, kids, parenting, princess, snow white, tiana
February 24, 2012

Autism and Oatmeal

My son, thing one, is 13 and has autism-Asperger syndrome, to be exact. Now this isn’t one of those Poor Me posts, or Look How Much I’m Doing for My Wonderful but Challenging Child, or some shit like that. He’s only called autistic because he needed some therapies, and they weren’t covered without an official…

asperger syndrome, autism, homeschooling, humor, parenting, special needs kids

asperger disorder, asperger syndrome, autism, humor, oatmeal, parenting
February 20, 2012

Attack of the Baby Mutant Cows

I have a confession: I am a meanie. Not a small-time, eat-your-vegetables meanie, but a big time, mafia-grade, clean-your-room meanie. I was informed of this fact today, and not for the first time. My kids are usually pretty good about chores. They know what their jobs are, and they do them when they’re asked to,…

humor, parenting, special needs kids

asperger syndrome, autism, chores, clean rooms, high-functioning autism, kids and chores, parenting
February 8, 2012

How the Naughty Poo Got In, or, Ape Gets a Dog

In a little red hut in my little white house in my little shit town, there is a little spotted dog with no legs. This is the story of that no-legged dog. I am in possession of two people with charming smiles and big blue eyes. One of them uses me as a backrest while…

humor, parenting, pets

dogs, housetraining, kids, parenting, pets, poo, puppies
June 19, 2009

How to Raise a Real Family

How to Raise a Real Family Forget all the unrealistic tips you’ve read in all the magazines-here’s how to have happy, healthy kids without being a Stepford Wife. http://www.associatedcontent.comarticle/122036/how_to_raise_a_real_family.html

parenting

parenting, raising kids, slacker mom

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