Scary Mommy
Apr 22, 2022
 
 
It’s Tough Being The Introverted Mom To An Extroverted Kid
 
They say the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree, but you’d have a tough time convincing some of us introverts. Today Samm Burnham Davidson writes about the challenges of raising a wildly outgoing kid when you’re more the type to hang back. She writes: “Once I found her on the other side of the neighborhood jumping on a woman’s newly blown-up bouncy house with her two kids. We had met them once. So often I end up outside, disheveled and unprepared, trying not to look like a neglectful mother, hanging out, making conversation, and being social — just like her.” Been there! 

— Kelly Faircloth, Executive Editor
 
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THE 411
I’m So Sick Of Hearing “I’m Sorry” About Having An Autistic Kid
 
“Expressing such empathy upon learning a child is autistic only highlights that these well-meaning moms do not understand what it means to be autistic. Behind the apology is the internal belief that because the child is autistic they are not wholly human.” Read More
 
 
BODY IMAGE
Lizzo’s New Reality Show Helped Me Embrace My Postpartum Body
 
One mom on what Watch Out For The Big Grrrls, streaming now on Amazon,meant to her. Read More
 
 
TRYING TO CONCEIVE
Kourtney Kardashian Opens Up About Her IVF Experience — And Wanting A Baby With Travis Barker
 
“It’s so rude to comment on people when you have no idea what they’re actually going through,” she said. Read More
 
 
Featured
 
 
BIRTH
I’m A C-Section Mom Four Times Over, And I Wouldn’t Have It Any Other Way
 
“I would not have chosen the path of the O.R. table, with my arms spread wide, the chrome overhead lights reflecting a strange scene below (is that my liver?), the nurses and doctors all scrubbed and netted, everything bright and surgical. I had pictured a different backdrop for my babies’ entrances to the world, but if there’s one thing I’ve learned as a parent, it’s to stop worrying about how I once pictured things,” writes Hampton Williams Hofer in this thoughtful piece.
 
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