All posts by Kristin Iversen
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SAHM No More: My SAHM Schedule Was Busy, But Doesn’t Compare To My Working Mom Schedule
I’m not saying that being a SAHM means yoga and relaxation for everyone—especially not if you have a...
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SAHM No More: My Son’s Teacher Called Me Out On Not ‘Communicating’ Better About Homework
I thought I was staying on top of it though, checking his bag each night—okay, most nights—and consistently...
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SAHM No More: I Don’t Envy Stay-At-Home Parents As Much As I Suspected
It’s not that I’m bored with my old friends but the routines of my old lifestyle. And the...
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I’m Lucky That I Can Bitch About Being Stuck Inside With My Kids After Hurricane Sandy
I have been going crazy working at home every day with both of my kids underfoot. NYC schools...
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SAHM No More: Sorry, I’m A Single Working Mother And I Can’t Take It Back
I am more than a little tired of feeling like I’ve been labeled a failure when my job...
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SAHM No More: Drinking At Work Functions Isn’t The Massive Mommy Guilt Trip I Thought It Would Be
I don't feel compelled by anyone else, rather, I feel compelled by my own need to keep up...
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SAHM No More: Teaching My Kids The Value Of Money Is Hard With All Their Rich Friends
Everywhere I look, I see toddlers in 1,000-dollar strollers playing on several 100-dollar iPads or iPhones as if...
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SAHM No More: I’m Spoiling My Kids And I Don’t Give A Damn
I spoil my kids because I want them to love me as much as they used to...
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I’m Struggling To Raise A Latchkey Kid In A Free Range Vs. Helicopter World
An incredibly vocal debate has been swirling in the media lately on the topic of “free-range†versus “helicopterâ€...
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My Ex-Husband Never Prioritized My Work. Now He Has To
Assigning parenting roles based on gender stereotypes has been chipped away at for years now. So I really...
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When None Of Your Co-Workers Is A Parent
I kind of felt like screaming, right then and there, What does that even mean??? Why is being...
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Labor Pains: My Husband Left The Delivery Room Out Of Concern For Our Sex Life
I felt sort of terrible for him because he wasn’t quite smart enough to realize that, instead...
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Since I Stopped Being A SAHM, My Life Has Gone To Hell — And I’m OK With That
As it turns out, it was the dust bunnies that defeated me. I never thought something so innocuous,...
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Back To School Week: Confessions Of A Former Class Parent
Here’s how I got talked into being class parent last year. I got strong-armed at the first PTA...
