Anastasiia Krivenok/Moment/Getty Images I’ve always loved Christmas. But over the last few years, I’ve noticed an overwhelming sense of dread as Halloween ends and the holiday season really begins. For a while, I thought it was just me feeling all the expectations of being a mom during the holidays, but I realized something pretty quickly:...
TikTok I had my first baby at 28 years old, and while this is six months older than the national average, as far as me and my friends living in New York City were concerned, I was basically an almost-30-year-old teen mom. In our social circle, it was weird enough that I was married in...
Jordan Siemens/Getty Images Some cliches are cliches for a reason. Being a mom is really hard. But it’s also so, so rewarding. Also, travel is the best teacher. For many moms, those three cliches are often true in tandem. Sometimes, the lessons we learn during travel make the invisible load of motherhood a little lighter...
Tatiana / TikTok After a mom admitted that she wasn’t super excited to go to her son’s parent-teacher conference, she was met with a litany of responses online. In her video, Tatiana (@mamasreadingjournal) asked her followers if they go to their kids’ parent-teacher conferences, admitting that she did not want to go. “Do you go...