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To the Mom Living With Chronic Illness Who Feels Inadequate

Link 2016-11-022016-11-02 Miss Poison Articles, Chronic Illness Articles, Chronic Illness, Mothers, Parents, Sharilynn Battaglia

https://themighty.com/2015/10/when-you-feel-inadequate-as-a-parent-with-chronic-illness/

Should I Become a Parent If I Live With Chronic Pain?

Link 2015-12-082015-12-07 Miss Poison Chronic Pain Anna Eidt, Children, Chronic Pain, Parents

http://themighty.com/2015/08/should-i-become-a-parent-if-i-live-with-chronic-pain1/ Does anyone else ponder these issues?

The Gates Foundation’s New Maternity Leave Plan May Make You Hate Your Company

Link 2015-10-08 Miss Poison Maternity Leave, Parents Adoptions, Bill & Melinda Gates, Maternity Leave, Parents

http://www.someecards.com/parenting/moms/gates-foundation-maternity-leave/ This is quite impressive. I have friends who have told me that in other countries, a parent has gotten nearly two years of paid leave per child. That's generous, but this one is especially generous since many new fathers only get an average of two weeks, if that.

Fucked Up Parents

2015-06-162015-06-16 Miss Poison Anger, Birthdays, Children, Honesty, Poison In Lethal Doses, Writing Anger, Birthday Parties, Bullying, Children, Parents, Things That Enrage Me

An acquaintance of mine mentioned the other day that she threw a birthday party for her eight year old daughter. That part of the story started off innocent enough. After all, it's a child's birthday party, not a caviar tasting. She planned the party and sent out invites, ten in total. When her daughter's birthday … Continue reading Fucked Up Parents

Coming Out Of The Ancestral “Closet”

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Coming Out of The Ancestral “Closet” I find it more than a little appalling that in 2014, I am still being asked “What are you?” Not “What religion are you?” or your average, inappropriate social questions, which, by my standards, are still rude. No, it’s always been “What ARE you?”, with such profound emphasis, as if … Continue reading Coming Out Of The Ancestral “Closet”