Dec 9 2016SaveHey Ma12/9/16Hey Ma12/9/16I Don't Want to Buy My Kids Christmas Presents This YearKathryn Jezer-Morton279SaveThere is a part of me that wants my kids to feel, at least in some relatively painless and abstract way, that the…
Oct 20 2016SaveHey Ma10/20/16Hey Ma10/20/16You Can Hack Child’s Play, If You’re RichKathryn Jezer-Morton354SaveMike Lanza, a dad and tech entrepreneur from Menlo Park, California, thinks we’re experiencing a crisis in…
Jun 18 2016SaveHey Ma6/18/16Hey Ma6/18/16This Father's Day, Remind Your Partner Where the Baby Came FromKathryn Jezer-Morton125SaveIt has been about three years since I stopped working in men’s lifestyle media, but during the two weeks leading up…
Jun 3 2016SaveHey Ma6/3/16Hey Ma6/3/16I Paid Someone $200 for Permission to Let My Baby CryKathryn Jezer-Morton528SaveIn the spring of 2014, I paid a woman $200 for permission to let my eight-month-old son cry himself to sleep.…
May 4 2016SaveHey Ma5/4/16Hey Ma5/4/16The 'Meternity' Backlash Isn’t Really About Children At AllKathryn Jezer-Morton497SaveI feel for Meghann Foye, author of the new book Meternity, about a woman who fakes a pregnancy so she can have take…
Apr 14 2016SaveHey Ma4/14/16Hey Ma4/14/16I'm Done With Weddings, and Weddings Are DoneKathryn Jezer-Morton688SaveToday while staring at my bargain-basement wall calendar of the majestic Rocky Mountains, I made a thrilling…
Mar 24 2016SaveHey Ma3/24/16Hey Ma3/24/16How to Drive Around for a Week in a 1981 VW Camper Van With Two Small ChildrenKathryn Jezer-Morton85SaveIt happened every time we stopped for gas. Someone would approach, usually someone kind of old. “Great van,” they’d…
Mar 10 2016SaveHey Ma3/10/16Hey Ma3/10/16It's a Lot More Fun to Play Make-Believe With Your Kids If You're Slightly High on WeedKathryn Jezer-Morton431SaveI’ll never forget a dad I saw one of the first times I ever took my toddler to a playground. As I nervously followed…
Feb 18 2016SaveHey Ma2/18/16Hey Ma2/18/16Two Kids, An IUD, and Then, An AbortionKathryn Jezer-Morton485SaveA couple of Fridays ago, I walked my older son to school and then my younger son to daycare. Then I crossed over the…
Feb 3 2016SaveHey Ma2/3/16Hey Ma2/3/16The Only True Valuable Parenting Commodity Is TimeKathryn Jezer-Morton206SaveParenting media is mostly bullshit. It’s like mainstream beauty media, only with the added gravitas of being about,…