Month: February 2020
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Dumbest Parenting Advice Chart Topper
I’m live-streaming fury over the ridiculous advice people give me about raising my autistic kids. I don’t expect other people to understand the shit show that is parenting three autistic kids. Really, any parent gets dumb advice. I don’t know, maybe it’s easier for me in this one regard because I’ve given myself the pass…
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I hate stroller fitness classes
I see you mommies, with your SUV strollers and hydro flasks, convening in the most public of venues, stretching lycra clad limbs, while your tiny charges sit calmly and silently. Maybe if my own kids would have ever deigned to allow me the same personal freedom then I wouldn’t think of you as inglorious bitches.…
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The CCPA is making it so hard to do my online speed shopping
I’m so lucky to live in California, on the Left Coast, where my online privacy is now protected by law. The California Consumer Privacy Act is in full effect and it’s sort of terrifying me to realize my paranoia about the sinister inter-web has been valid. Now every website I visit has a giant pop…
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I am wholeheartedly half-assing everything.
I have it in my mind that I need to do all these things to be the perfect person/woman/mother. I’m not supposed to be trying to be perfect. All those mindfulness lunatics would tell me to breathe and be present. I just can’t do it any other way. It’s my neurosis or my upbringing, but…
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Do you want the fake answer or the truth?
Holidays bring out the worst in me. National, religious, Hallmark, school… these are not fun and carefree days for me. The heightened expectation to be cheerful and joyous is crushing for a person who is struggling with the regular days! I have a family that is heavily impacted by special needs. Plus I have my…
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Yeah, I friggin’ work!
Do you work? I stay home with my kids, so I hate this question. I hate it on school forms, applications, and when making chit chat. Because I. Am. Working. I have three autistic kids. “Is that even possible!?” I can hear you thinking it. I assure you, I would not joke about such a…
CYNTHIA ZORABEDIAN 