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As a Baton Rouge mom, sometimes you simply need to connect with other local moms to hear their thoughts, perspectives and opinions about raising kids in Baton Rouge. The perspectives in parenting section of Red Stick Mom is focused on providing a place for readers to discover what other moms are thinking and how they are managing the ever-changing challenges that accompany the difficult job of being a parent.

There are many different perspectives on parenting and living in Baton Rouge with kids, and Red Stick Mom is a safe platform where these diverse opinions can be published and discussed. We strive to provide not just valuable information and resources to parents across Baton Rouge and the surrounding areas, but also a place to hear from other local moms and what they’re thinking about current issues facing families.

In our perspectives in parenting section, you’ll find lots of anecdotes and reflections on day-to-day life in Baton Rouge with kids. Our writers keep it real and are willing to share everything from what it’s like to not want to have a natural birth in Baton Rouge to why they chose ISR swim lessons in Baton Rouge to managing their time as a single mom.

Many of our perspectives in parenting stories offer an intimate look into the highs and lows of being a mom in Baton Rouge. Whether it’s avoiding the mom shame game, or the challenges of having multiple young kids, we think that the best way to work through motherhood is together. No topic is off limits, even if it means getting honest about body image issues for young girls in Baton Rouge.

The Red Stick Mom writers talk about important things that Baton Rouge moms need to know, like where to get the best tutoring help in Baton Rouge and where to take a day trip with kids when you just need to get out of town!

With more than 25 local moms writing for Red Stick Mom, we pride ourselves on being the premier parenting resource for living in Baton Rouge with kids. If there’s a topic or perspective that’s missing, we always invite our readers to let us know what they want to talk about next!

Why Are We So Afraid?

Do you ever stop and think about how much fear controls us? Fear has consumed most of my life from as far back as I can remember. From childhood to motherhood, I have been afraid. As a little girl I can remember not wanting to grow up and getting really sad whenever I thought about leaving home with my independence. Maybe I didn’t want to leave the security of home, but I know that fear is what I felt. Fear is what kept me from playing sports or trying out for anything. It was what allowed me to be bullied, and it kept me from speaking up for myself.  In college, I branched out more. I lived alone and was pretty...
I knew it would happen one day. My loving and kind little girls who ordinarily treat me like I hung the moon would look me in the eye and tell me something awful about myself. I just didn’t think it would happen so soon. I was going through the usual morning wardrobe negotiations, when one of my girls looked at me and said, “Mama, you’re fat.” My husband jumped in to protect my honor, while I stared in shock. I can usually laugh off the typical childish insults like “Mom, you’re stupid” or “I hate you, Mom,” because I know I’m not stupid and I know they love me. But this one cut to the bone, because it’s something I...
Y'all, kids are gross. I think this is just natural for them. Most of the time, they don't even realize how incredibly gross they are being. Recently, our team sat down and named all the reasons WHY our kids are gross and we laughed. Enjoy, laugh with us and comment with somethings your kids do that are gross.  Kids are gross because ... my son picks his nose when I am not looking, then sneakily says "Mama surprise" and I get all excited thinking he picked me a flower when really it is a booger stuck to his finger!  Kids are gross because ... my son think it's funny to lick the bottom of his shoe while I am driving and...

Middle-Aged Mama

I am getting older, as we all are. It happens. Next year I will be out of my thirties and in a new decade of age. I would like to say that I am a gracefully aging mom who works out and plays tennis or eats all organic all of the time, who spends her days giving all her best self to her children.  I'm not. Graceful doesn't really fit into any part of my life, I don't think. I don't work out, although, I do walk to the mailbox, climb the stairs at work and get in about 3,000 steps a day. All organic? Nope. Girl Scout cookies. Yup.  I try to take good care of my skin and deter...
We're the type of parents who call body parts by their anatomically-correct title. Elbow. Ankle. Penis. No big deal. When I was pregnant for my third child, my oldest asked when the baby was going to come out my "bagina." My grandmother thinks it's uncomfortably progressive and even questioned, "But what if they say it at school?!" Honestly, they wouldn't. Unless, of course, something were wrong with their penis or bagina. Because to them the term isn't taboo. It's not a punchline. They have no more reason to say one of those words to get a laugh than they would to say "ear" or "thumb."  It's only gotten us into trouble twice. Once, I whispered to my son in a...

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