1)Take a nap. I've yet to find a problem that couldn't be resolved by taking a nap.
2)TV solves almost anything. ANYTHING. Except tears resulting from the fact TV time is over.
3)Sell out, but just a lil bit. I've been a Feminist for a long time. I did the Pat-Benetar-pack-up-the-bras-shave-my-head bullshit. I still think long hair is sexy, I still think rouge is my best friend, and selling my soul via financing Walt Disney Club has been the biggest fresh breath I've ever taken. There are a lot of choices that set little gender expextation or racial profiles. No my kids aren't princesses, and no I don't think they need men to rescue them, physically or fiscally, but the songs are stage worthy, the characters are interesting, and I have actual discussions with my children about the world, including their expectations. Their brains aren't made of Play-doh. Talk to them about what they're absorbing, and trust them to analyze and apply what they learn--then the world is a little less evil.
4) Putting together furniture is for men and people that shop at Ikea. It is seriously terrible.
5) Sometimes you get the urge to really cuss out your kid. Don't do it. The years of emotional trauma stick apparently. Instead when they're sleeping go through that toy box and throw away junky shit. It's like a sneaky ego slap. Haha, take that telling me my food tastes like doodey! Not they're loved stuff, just, you know, maybe that garage sale buy of Tickle Me Cookie Monster. And maybe that creepy plastic garbage that goes off on its own constantly. (I mean, it knows I'm near.)
