“Single Parent’s Guide to Practically Parenting” by Ren Walt
Your little one needs an established routine. Sufficient carbohydrates, calcium, iron. Limited sugar. Sufficient sleep: eleven to thirteen hours a night. Limited screen time….
Category: Terrible Twosdays
Are you a parent going through the Terrible Twos? Did you live through them and survive? Terrible Twosdays is a place to commiserate over the unending shenanigans of your Darling Children (as the online parenting communities say). Nonfiction stories will be considered, so long as names have been changed to protect the guilty. Inspired by our best-selling gift book for parents, Go the Fuck to Sleep, Terrible Twosdays joins the roster of our other online short fiction series. Unlike Mondays Are Murder and Thursdaze, we’re looking for stories with a light and mischievous feel, all about the day-to-day challenges of parenting. As with our other flash fiction series, stories must not exceed 750 words.
“The Woman and the Monster” by Stephanie Katz
One morning, a woman gave birth to a monster. The monster had red skin and howled all day and all night. The woman sobbed when she held the monster….
“Autism Shmautism” by Tamar Jacobs
Autism is you’ve got to say it louder. No, a little quieter. Wait, you have to look at her honey because she didn’t hear . . .
“You’re in My Space” by Lisa Cole
It was 6:25 am when 4 year old Brianna tiptoed into our bedroom. Dim morning light bounced off her damp cheeks. “Mommy,” she said, chin quivering, “I . . . don’t . . . feel ‘dood . . .”
“Pancakes” by A.M. Haynes
“Don’t like it! Don’t like it!” the tiny human shouted at me.
“Gavin and the Paci Pirate” by Joseph Schwartzburt
The Paci Pirate covets pacifiers. Binkies. Numnums . . . what have you.
“Why They Call The Cops On Us” by Nkosi Ife Bandele
I knew I had made a mistake in thinking I could leave my children unattended for even one minute!
“A Letter to the Afternoon Nap My Child Has Given Up” by Stacey Zapalac
Dear Afternoon Nap . . .