Joni Edelman

I don’t think anyone who has been to the spirited child parenting rodeo would call a mother who screams, “bad,” or who loses her temper, a “failure.” I think we all understand parenting is really really hard from the get go, and parenting a kid who won’t sleep, who screams and kicks and says they hate you, is its own challenge

I'll let you in on a little secret - being thin didn't make me happy, but being "Fat" does! Be fat and happy. Be unapologetically fat.

How do I raise a boy to love and respect all women regardless of size in a world where he is bombarded with images of what is attractive?

My cocktail is wrong. It’s a gin and tonic with only gin. It’s a martini with 10 olives. And I can’t stand the sun. Not today. Not this month.

In today's HELLO, OBVIOUSLY news: National Coffee Day.

Good news: they'll probably grow out of it. Bad news: probably not until they are 23.

Don’t most kids feel afraid to come home?

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You can work your butt off and still be left with a tummy. Bummer.

Sam: The first time you mentioned that you have five kids I was like WHAT THE ACTUAL. FIVE HUMANS. FIVE HUMANS CAME OUT OF YOU. Like, not at the same time, but they came out and like, that sounds painful and scary WHY DID YOU DO THAT??