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An Interview with Jay (Great) Gatsby Biographer Nick Carraway on Parenting

by Chris Cate

Great Gatsby

Nick, we mostly know you from your time spent with Jay Gatsby in West Egg, but few people are aware of your life after West Egg as a family man with four young kids in the Midwest. How would you describe your life now as a parent?

There are only the pursued, the pursuing, the busy and the tired.

It sounds like you have your hands full. Do you ever feel like being a parent is too much to handle?

The loneliest moment in someone’s life is when they are watching their whole world fall apart, and all they can do is stare blankly.

By the sound of it, you must be dealing with a house full of sick kids.

It occurred to me that there was no difference between men, in intelligence or race, so profound as the difference between the sick and the well.

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Funniest Parenting Tweets of the Week, Oct. 11, 2014

by Chris Cate

Twitter is a great place to discover other parents going through the same absurd adventures as you. I hope you not only laugh at these tweets each week, but also follow their authors on Twitter. Enjoy!

Memento, but w a toddler, and no amnesia disease either, because toddlers instantly forget whatever they were just screaming about anyway.

— Dad and Buried (@DadandBuried) October 9, 2014

Tonight we will be having “That looks kinda yucky,” with “How many bites do I have to take?” on the side. — Amy Flory (@FunnyIsFamily) October 6, 2014

Pro tip: If one of my kids says “close your eyes and open your mouth”, you should never, ever do it.

— Mommyland Rants (@mommylandrants) October 5, 2014

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Funniest Parenting Tweets of the Week, Oct. 4, 2014

by Chris Cate

I read so many hilarious parenting tweets on Twitter that I thought I should start sharing some of them here. Twitter is a great place to discover other parents going through the same crazy adventures as you. I hope you’ll not only laugh at these tweets each week, but also follow their authors on Twitter. Enjoy!

Parenting is stressful because when kids are loud, they’re annoying and when they’re quiet, they might be about to lose a limb or eyeball.

— Tara Brown (@Faux_Ma) October 1, 2014

I scream You scream We all scream Because I have kids and that’s the only way we can hear each other over them. — Simon Holland (@simoncholland) September 29, 2014

Do you like toys? Then McDonald’s is the only choice! – my 4yo trying to convince his brother where we should go for dinner

— Father with Twins (@FatherWithTwins) October 3, 2014

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10 Parenting Milestones You Should Laugh and Not Cry About

by Chris Cate

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We all enjoy celebrating baby and toddler milestones such as eating solid food (without spitting it back out), using the potty (without having an accident immediately beforehand) and sleeping through the night (without kicking a nearby parent in the groin). But we rarely celebrate parenting milestones with the same fanfare.

If any milestone is deserving of a page in a scrapbook, it’s the first time a parent sleeps for more than seven consecutive hours, whether that happens at night in a bed or face down in an office. So why aren’t we celebrating such achievements? The first time you use the bathroom without interruption should be photographed and showcased as your Facebook profile picture. The best day of your life isn’t your wedding day anymore, it’s the day your kids went to sleep before 9:00 p.m. Celebrate!

Not all parenting milestones deserve a parade or even a golf clap, but no milestone should break a parent down to tears. Happy tears are usually appropriate, and every parent can sympathize with someone having a cathartic cry about the collective stress of parenting. But much like tripping over your feet on the sidewalk, even the most frustrating things can be quite funny. So why not celebrate the frustrating milestones too with at least a chuckle if not a full belly laugh?

Consider these 10 parenting milestones and why they should make you laugh instead of cry.

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Funniest Parenting Tweets of the Week, Sept. 20, 2014

by Chris Cate

I read so many hilarious parenting tweets on Twitter that I thought I should start sharing some of them here. Twitter is a great place to discover other parents going through the same crazy adventures as you. I hope you’ll not only laugh at these tweets each week, but also follow their authors on Twitter. Enjoy!

Made the kid turn off the tv so he got angry and put himself down for a nap. Parenting level – expert.

— Momma of Midgard (@MidgardMomma) September 17, 2014

I wish I could get as emotional about anything as my 5-year-old does about choosing between mac & cheese and a hamburger for dinner. — Hot Breakfast (@amydillon) September 17, 2014

In case you thought I wasn’t strict about nutrition, I just had to tell my toddler not to fill up on Chapstick before breakfast.

— HollowTreeVentures (@RobynHTV) September 17, 2014

 

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