My Kids Don't Call Me Mom

I just never related to the title. [Scary Mommy](%2F%2Fscarymommy.com%2F%3Futm_campaign=37360%26utm_medium=scaryMommyDailyV2%26utm_source=newsletter%26utm_session=33bffe7e-9403-4594-a37e-5a45d2b75c10/1/010001834823894b-2d31c421-235a-4c55-bed1-31623e7f616a-000000/8iQ0BAtlLsdUlfYjZIo6XfgkgFw=287) Sep 16, 2022 %2F%2Fwww.scarymommy.com%2Fparenting%2Fmy-kids-dont-call-me-mom%3Futm_campaign=37360%26utm_medium=scaryMommyDailyV2%26utm_source=newsletter%26utm_session=33bffe7e-9403-4594-a37e-5a45d2b75c10/1/010001834823894b-2d31c421-235a-4c55-bed1-31623e7f616a-000000/UoWUJiZKOEkXxPIP_ODnV7SNgXQ=287 [My Kids Don't Call Me Mom](%2F%2Fwww.scarymommy.com%2Fparenting%2Fmy-kids-dont-call-me-mom%3Futm_campaign=37360%26utm_medium=scaryMommyDailyV2%26utm_source=newsletter%26utm_session=33bffe7e-9403-4594-a37e-5a45d2b75c10/2/010001834823894b-2d31c421-235a-4c55-bed1-31623e7f616a-000000/g6PF6EnW95-ZZWAWpJkDk8L-N1Y=287) “I love that my kids don’t call me Mom now,” writes Erin Lane. Why’s that? Well, the title just never quite worked for her: “The title never felt like a, shall we say, appealing fit for me,” she explains. In fact, she never planned to have kids at all: “For ten years, my husband and I had been purposefully, prayerfully childfree. We had no imagination for children. Not making them. Not raising them.” Find out how that changed — and why her name didn’t. But mmmooooommmmmmmmmmmm, Kelly Faircloth, Executive Editor [Read More](%2F%2Fwww.scarymommy.com%2Fparenting%2Fmy-kids-dont-call-me-mom%3Futm_campaign=37360%26utm_medium=scaryMommyDailyV2%26utm_source=newsletter%26utm_session=33bffe7e-9403-4594-a37e-5a45d2b75c10/3/010001834823894b-2d31c421-235a-4c55-bed1-31623e7f616a-000000/bQDR7dOUANDAsUZVmAdv1B9vxSc=287) [Latest] [Latest] %2F%2Fwww.scarymommy.com%2Fparenting%2Fat-what-age-can-kids-stay-home-alone%3Futm_campaign=37360%26utm_medium=scaryMommyDailyV2%26utm_source=newsletter%26utm_session=33bffe7e-9403-4594-a37e-5a45d2b75c10/1/010001834823894b-2d31c421-235a-4c55-bed1-31623e7f616a-000000/toggZ3jVZV_Mh9ZsUcdQIDstwYI=287 KEVIN MCCALLISTER'ING IT [At What Age Can Kids Stay Home Alone? 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