Holiday Housekeeping without the Hyperventilation
It’s not just me that’s bipolar in my life. My house is, too. When I’m up, the house looks pretty good. The furniture is still cat-scratched (the living room) and […]
All in the Family: the genetics of mental health
Editor’s note: Children of parents with mental illness are at higher risk for developing mental illness themselves. The risk is particularly significant among parents with bipolar disorder, ADHD, anxiety and […]
Things the Grandchildren Should Know
I was a fourth grader who escaped through Luke Skywalker. I wasn’t even aware of what I was trying to evade. When my siblings and I were in bed at night, […]
Crazy in love with the new header
Crazy Good Parent has a brand new fabulous logo courtesy of designer and graphic artist, Stefan Meier. Stefan is a young entrepreneur living in Chicago and studying at Columbia College. […]
What scares me about Halloween
There’s not a lot that scares me. Capturing spiders is my job at our house and I don’t kill them. I very calmly catch them up in a tissue and […]
Breaking Up With Adderall
Crazy Good Parent is thrilled to present our first contributing author, Emily of The Waiting. Emily states: “I write about my own experiences in parenthood on my blog, along with […]
What could be good about being bi(polar)?
It started with mulling over my disorder. I know pretty well how being bipolar has negatively affected my life, particularly my relationships with people. But after gazing at my crazy […]
I’m crazy. I’m a parent. And that’s good.
This morning, like every other morning, my son woke me at 6:20 so I could tell him goodbye. He raps loudly on my bedroom door, then heads downstairs without waiting. […]
