By Molly Snyder Senior Writer Published Jul 29, 2008 at 3:21 PM

Recently, my son started two different conversations with, "Mom, after you wake up tomorrow and drink your coffee, can you …"

I found this funny and a little strange. I never make a big deal out of my morning coffee drinking. I simply wake up, put on my ugly, outdated glasses that are never worn in public, and pour a cup of coffee at some point while making breakfast for the boys.

This, like everything else I do, is documented in the minds of my 5-year-olds. And this, my friends, is one of the most frightening aspects of parenting.

I am their license-less teacher and their three-dimensional film strip about life. I am being watched and recorded by their ravenous intellects. I am their reality TV.

Even at 7 a.m.


Molly Snyder started writing and publishing her work at the age 10, when her community newspaper printed her poem, "The Unicorn.” Since then, she's expanded beyond the subject of mythical creatures and written in many different mediums but, nearest and dearest to her heart, thousands of articles for OnMilwaukee.

Molly is a regular contributor to FOX6 News and numerous radio stations as well as the co-host of "Dandelions: A Podcast For Women.” She's received five Milwaukee Press Club Awards, served as the Pfister Narrator and is the Wisconsin State Fair’s Celebrity Cream Puff Eating Champion of 2019.