Q&A

Is it good to have an awesome aunt?

Is it good to have an awesome aunt?

Now you get the chance to do all of the ridiculously fun stuff that your sibling’s kids can’t imagine their out-of-date parents doing. Take it from mom-of-two Lauren Pena from Elk City, Oklahoma, who quickly realized having an ‘awesome aunt’ could be helpful with parenting.

Who is the best aunt or uncle in the world?

Real aunts and uncles (and moms and dads!) share their best tips on how to really earn that “World’s Best Uncle/Aunt” mug you’ve been eyeing. There’s nothing stranger—or rather, more surprising—than the moment your sibling becomes a mom or dad.

Who is the aunt that keeps a noisemaker at her house?

Take a page from aunt-of-three, Allison Shaw from Gastonia, North Carolina, who buys that noisemaker, gets the aunt street cred, and doesn’t make her siblings upset: “If you are going to get them a noisy toy, offer to keep it at your house!

Real aunts and uncles (and moms and dads!) share their best tips on how to really earn that “World’s Best Uncle/Aunt” mug you’ve been eyeing. There’s nothing stranger—or rather, more surprising—than the moment your sibling becomes a mom or dad.

Now you get the chance to do all of the ridiculously fun stuff that your sibling’s kids can’t imagine their out-of-date parents doing. Take it from mom-of-two Lauren Pena from Elk City, Oklahoma, who quickly realized having an ‘awesome aunt’ could be helpful with parenting.

Take a page from aunt-of-three, Allison Shaw from Gastonia, North Carolina, who buys that noisemaker, gets the aunt street cred, and doesn’t make her siblings upset: “If you are going to get them a noisy toy, offer to keep it at your house!

Who was the girl who said she would help me with the baby?

Sure enough, a couple of months later, Heather, who’d been living with one of my other daughters, came to me and said, “Ma, remember when you said you would help me with the baby? Well, I think I need to take you up on that offer.”