Jennifer Satterwhite

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  1. Changing Your Blogging Identity: Can You Lose (or Gain) That Mommyblogger Title Successfully?

    1/27/09 10:31pm by Jennifer Satterwhite
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    Six years ago when I started my personal blog, Mommy Needs Coffee, the title was cute.  I had no problem being called a mommy blog. I did not mind that the word "mommy" was in my title and url.  In fact, I thought it was cute because I still had a toddler calling me mommy.   Read more >

  2. Taking a Closer Look at Dad Blogs

    1/20/09 10:14pm by Jennifer Satterwhite
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    For years we have known about the great corner of the blogosphere that houses the mom blogs. In fact, most of the posts I have written over the past couple of years have focused on Mom Blogs.  But what about the Dad Blogs?  Have you discovered the incredible wealth of great blogs written by Dads?  Let me just tell you this: Where there is a great Mom Blog, there can also be found a great Dad Blog.  Read more >

  3. It's Not Easy Being a Poster Child for the Sandwich Generation.

    1/6/09 10:02pm by Jennifer Satterwhite
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    For most of us the circle of life entails growing up, moving out and starting our lives separate from our parents. Many of us start families and we become the parents. Some of us at one point or another find ourselves caught in that place where you are needed as both the caregiver to your children and also to your parents. It is stressful. It is emotionally draining. It is a fact of life for so many of us. However, when that call comes, you know what you can do and what you need to do and you just do it.  Read more >

  4. Hazing: It's Not Just For College Anymore

    12/2/08 10:26pm by Jennifer Satterwhite
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    Hazing is nothing new.  Mean girls are nothing new.  Movies about hazing can become cult classics. (Dazed and Confused, anyone?)  Movies about popular girls acting in horrific ways to other girls can make for box office blockbusters.  Read more >

  5. Teaching Teens to Drive- What You (and They) Need to Know

    11/11/08 9:04pm by Jennifer Satterwhite
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    Teaching my children to walk was a piece of cake compared to teaching them to drive.  When they were small and toddling around, I knew that if they fell, they would land on their cushy rear-ends and be fine.  Sometimes a bump to the head would occur, but for the most part, they were safe.  Driving? That is an entirely different ball game.  A scarier game.  Read more >

  6. Whose story is it: Yours or Theirs? Blogging the Teen Years

    10/21/08 7:31pm by Jennifer Satterwhite
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    I have been writing my blog, Mommy Needs Coffee, since 2003.  When I started writing it my children were ten, seven and two.  (At least within months of those ages.  Read more >

  7. It Takes Skill, Talent, Courage and Possibly a Pair of "Brass Ovaries" to Be a Mom Writer

    10/14/08 8:53pm by Jennifer Satterwhite
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    Sometimes when you are writing--whether it is a blog post, a book or just in your own personal journal-- you have to just throw things out there and see what sticks.  Today I am throwing this out there betting many of you can relate. Writing?  It is hard.  Read more >

  8. Online Communities Can Be a Mom's Best Friend (Or Can They?)

    10/7/08 7:29pm by Jennifer Satterwhite
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    I have been online in one way or another since 1990.  I had a website in 1995 and started blogging shortly after that.  (Of course, back in the '90's it was referred to as online journaling.)  The gift that online writing gave me was invaluable to me when my children were young.  I found my salvation during those sleepless nights and never-ending days through online communities.  Read more >

  9. Kids! Go Outside and Play! (If your helicopter parent will let you.)

    8/29/08 8:37pm by Jennifer Satterwhite
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    As a child, summertime meant playing with my friends all day.  Outside.  Read more >

  10. Surviving Back to School Shopping with Teens and Tweens

    8/22/08 8:24pm by Jennifer Satterwhite
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    We have reached the last weekend of summer.  That can only mean one thing in this house.  We have reached the last minute panic as I inventory closets and drawers to see if I really do have to make that journey to the mall for the yearly Back-To-School shopping torture experience.  After two hours and 5 stores, I left the mall with a teenage son who bought a new pair of shoes, some socks and one shirt.  My tween?  He had one pair of jeans and one shirt.  That's all. So much for getting prepared ahead of time this year!  Read more >

Jennifer Satterwhite

Full Name
Jennifer Satterwhite
Member Since
January 2006
About Me: 

I have been a professional freelance writer for over 5 years. I have been published locally, nationally and internationally.  I am also a contributing author to the parenting anthology Sleep is for the Weak.  I am  currently working on my memoir with my amazingly patient literary agent.In my free writing time I am pounding out that second manuscript.

I am a columnist for Parenting Magazine's online site.

You can find my personal blog at: Mommy Needs Coffee. I am also the founder of Mommybloggers. 

I am a contributing (and an original) editor at BlogHer for the Mommy & Family section. I was a speaker on the much talked about break-out panel the at the BlogHer '05 conference--the first Mommybloggers panel. At the BlogHer '06 conference, I was a member of the core BlogHer team, a speaker on a noted panel on blogger outreach, and a morning keynote speaker. 

And at times when the work all becomes too much, I do what I do best...motherhood.

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