What, Like It's Hard?
Courtney McGeeMotherhood is so much better than the internet wants you to think. I'm Courtney, a former national news producer turned writer raising three girls in Queens. I write about all the ways we're accidentally making parenthood harder than it should be.
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I love TV.
Weirdly, saying that outloud as a mom feels akin to yelling the f-word in church. But I do, I love it–I’ve always loved it.
And lately I’ve been thinking that TV got blamed for a problem it didn’t actually create. Because TV, w...
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I’m Courtney. Former national news produ...
The school tour that made me feel 100 years old
It was one of those rare Saturdays with nothing to do. My husband mentioned that the school where our daughter is in Kindergarten is having an open house. We decided to go.
Sometimes what feels like a small decision ends up shifting your w...
Small things making life feel slower
Motherhood is better than they told you. Come see for yourself.
It’s June! Which means the start of the best season is upon us. Gone are the days of remembering sweaters and washing seventeen pairs of socks in one day. The days are long, t...
What it actually looks like to let your kids be bored
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It’s 9am. My house quite literally looks like a bomb went off. Walking through the living room is like walking through a minefield–a magnet tile tower you better not knock down to the right.
Puzzles half complete litter the...
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