How Honest Should I Be?
by Rachel Sarah Seven months after giving birth to my daughter, her father walked out the door. Now that my daughter is nine, she has asked me a bit about her dad (although not as much as I’d...
View ArticleAs Good As It Gets
by V.C. Nothing prepares you for seeing your 21-year-old son in handcuffs–still stinking of booze, beltless, pants falling down–led from the court pens at his arraignment for DWI. Nothing prepares you...
View ArticleEnough is Enough
by Caren Osten Gerszberg In the wake of the Diane Schuler tragedy and the resulting bad press of the average mom who drinks an average amount of alcohol in a responsible way—I say enough is enough....
View ArticleDrinking While Pregnant–Is There A Jury Still Out?
As much as I like to do drink, I had no problem changing my habits while expecting each of my three beautiful, healthy children. That being said, I was lucky to have an obstetrician who did not have a...
View ArticleOne Day At A Time
by Patty Nasey Last month, my 11 year-old daughter and I were playing Kadima on the beach in the Dominican Republic. It was early evening and we were waiting for my husband and youngest daughter to get...
View ArticleIslay
by Ann Hood The first time I drank single malt whiskey, I was soaking wet and shivering on the isle of Skye. My then husband and I had been touring Scotland for a few weeks. We’d gone on a midnight...
View ArticleWe Want to Know: Would You Let Your Underage Teens Drink In Your House? How...
Today, I read yet another article about parents arrested for letting their underage teens drink in (or this case, outside) their house. This time, it was two moms, who admittedly, were intoxicated...
View ArticleMother's Little Helper
by Patty Nasey Life is different today/I hear everybody say Mother needs something today to calm her down. She goes running for the shelter of a mother’s little helper And it helps her on her way/Gets...
View ArticlePregnant in Wine Country
by Kate Rockland I am the mother to a very boisterous 11-month old. Before giving birth to my son, I was pregnant one other time which ended in miscarriage. With that pregnancy, I followed all the...
View ArticleLatest Study Reports Some Drinking During Pregnancy May Be Okay
When I was pregnant with each of my three children, I did not drink any alcohol during my first trimester. The first twelve weeks of the baby’s development were the most crucial I learned, and I wasn’t...
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