9 Things Parenting Writers Say They Do, but They Really Don't
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Do as I say, not as I do doesn't only apply to parenting our children. Parenting writers often appear to be leading double lives as they write about parenting one way and do it a different way. Listen, we're guilty of it ourselves here. We're bombarded with products and studies about providing the healthiest lives for our kids, but when we're pressed for time, sense a meltdown coming on — either ours or the kids' — or just need a break, we don't always practice what we preach. Read on to see nine of the biggest infractions we've witnessed in our office and around the blogging community, proving that we know as little about parenting as the rest of the world! Source: Getty
We write about making baby food with hip, organic ingredients . . .
But our diaper bags are overflowing with pouches of store-bought food.
Source: Flickr user seanfreese
We write about the latest parenting movements . . .
But we are as lost raising our kids as every new parent!
But our toddlers play with our phones, watch videos on our tablets, and are parked in front of Sesame Street while we work.
Source: PBS
But when the flu hits our homes, we turn to the strongest thing we can find to ensure it doesn't spread through the family.
Source: Comedy Central
But you won't find Pinterest-worthy finished projects — for that we turn to the experts!
But we have stacks of it stored under our beds because we're too sentimental to part with it too.
But we want date nights and moms' nights out just as much as the next mom!
But we have to beg, barter, wrangle, and bribe our way into getting our kids to pose for us.
Source: Bravo