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Politics and Kids Books Don't Mix

Here I am, the day before my children’s book, When You Lived in My Belly, makes its big debut...

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I Let Go of My Mom's Stuff for Mother's Day

My mother stood in front of her ornate china cabinet, crammed with crystal and glass and silver, and traced...

Death, Kids, Love, Mom

Five Years of Missing Mom

Five years ago today, I lost the person I was closest to for the first 40 years of my...

Family, Kids

"Mom, I Think You're The Tooth Fairy"

It was a battle of wits last night in my home. The Tooth Fairy versus an insatiably curious and...

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An Open Letter To My Beloved Husband On Our First Wedding Anniversary

Dearest Mike, I have officially spent the past 365 days as Mrs. Darter. Maybe my moniker hasn’t fully changed...

ABOUT JODI

Writer, author, and Mommy Dish blogger who responds, on average, to 7 million kid questions a day.

Politics and Kids Books Don't Mix

August 12, 2019

Here I am, the day before my children’s book, When You Lived in My Belly, makes its big debut after nearly six years of endless work to bring it...

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I Let Go of My Mom's Stuff for Mother's Day

May 10, 2019

Current Events

To Brock Turner’s Dad, from a Mom of Boys

June 13, 2016

Kids

'No Homework' Policy Lets Elementary School Kids Be Kids

October 17, 2017

Family, Kids

Mother’s Day: Mishaps, Mayhem, Mending

May 12, 2016

I woke up on Mother’s Day at 6:45 a.m. to a symphony of sneezes well within my personal spray zone. My son went in for a kiss with a...

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