“Never go to bed angry” A favorite cliche marriage advice. I think of this phrase every time I go to bed angry knowing we can fix the problem in the morning. This phrase and so many others are floating around the universe so commonly known yet so incredibly misguided. Couples are getting married with entirely false ideas of what marriage looks like behind the white picket fence. I feel it is my duty to air out these misleading ideas, not to darken the concept of marriage, but to shed light on it instead.

Mothering is hard! One of the reasons is because of all the gray areas. Adding to the confusion are the many myths about raising children that lead us into motherhood with the wrong impression. After earning a degree in child development, I worked with parents in a daycare center who would come up with the wildest ideas about child-rearing. While I could not disagree with them at the time because I do pride myself on being respectful and professional, now is my time to set the record straight.