I launched the Parent Hacks blog in 2005. At the time, my oldest kid was in kindergarten and my youngest was a toddler. Parenting challenged me to my core, blogging was relatively new, and most people were using blogs as personal journals. But I wanted to create a community space where parents could swap their worked-for-me tips and talk about what was really going on. So began a 10+ year conversation with the smartest, most generous community of parents on the Internet, and a remarkable ride for me as a writer and parent.

My book, PARENT HACKS, is an illustrated collection of genius shortcuts inspired by this blog. I’m immensely proud of this book because it invites a new generation of parents to share the kinds of smart, encouraging ideas readers shared here. I wrote Parent Hacks as a way to honor and make tangible a bit of the magic that happened on this blog, so I could offer it to Parent Hacks readers and say thank you and look, we made this together.

To see what I’m up to now, visit me at AshaDornfest.com.

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