Raising the Curtins • Kristina Curtin
Let’s make something worth reading.
I write about motherhood, marriage, raising four daughters, and all the stuff that doesn’t usually make it into the family Christmas card.
I’ve been sharing stories on Raising the Curtins since 2016. Now I’m also the author of WELL, THIS IS HARD (that’s what she said), a book about raising good humans while still figuring yourself out. If you’re looking for honest stories, a little humor, and something useful underneath it all, we might have something to talk about.
Ways to collaborate
Here’s where I fit in.
Real stories, relatable conversations, and the occasional inappropriate joke.
Guest Articles & Personal Essays
Original essays and articles for parenting, lifestyle, and family publications. I like taking an everyday experience, finding the bigger lesson hiding inside it, and making it something people actually want to read.
Podcasts & Interviews
Conversations about motherhood, the teenage years, breaking patterns from our own childhoods, writing, and learning as we go. I have plenty of stories and very few claims to having it all figured out.
Author Events & Book Clubs
Book discussions, library events, parent groups, and reader Q&As. My book opens the door to conversations about the parts of parenting we don’t always talk about out loud. Those are often the best ones.
Selective Brand Collaborations
Thoughtful partnerships with brands and organizations that make sense for my family and readers. I’m not interested in pretending to love something I don’t. Authenticity matters more to me than a perfectly polished sales pitch.
What I write and talk about
The subjects I know firsthand.
I’m not a parenting expert, and I won’t pretend to be. My experience comes from raising four very different girls, paying attention to what works, admitting when it doesn’t, and trying to do better.
- Motherhood without the perfection act
- Parenting teenagers
- Raising girls across a 16-year age gap
- Honest parent-child communication
- Breaking unhealthy family patterns
- Raising independent, capable kids
- Marriage and family life
- Personal growth and self-awareness
- Writing and the author journey
A quick note
I care about the fit.
My writing is personal, sometimes blunt, and occasionally a little inappropriate. That doesn’t mean everything needs a swear word or a joke. I just believe people connect more with honesty than with another impossibly perfect version of family life.
If there’s a good story to tell, a conversation worth having, or an idea that genuinely suits my audience, that’s the kind of collaboration I enjoy.