Nikola Stojadinovic/E+/Getty Images I am always overwhelmingly proud to be the mother of three daughters. I say it like a Jane Austen novel, I call them “my little women,” I only refer to them as “the girls.” Growing up in the era of The Spice Girls and Winona Ryder’s Jo March has given me quite...
Peacock/NBC Universal We’ve finally made it to the time of year when not only is it totally acceptable to stream all things dark and macabre, but it’s actually the social norm. As soon as the sun sets on summer and the chill of fall creeps in, I’m cueing up anything and everything that sends a...
Ariela Basson/Scary Mommy; Getty Images For those of us who grew up watching Disney Channel original movies, Kimberly J. Brown is an icon. She starred as 13-year-old Marnie Piper in Halloweentown, and she instantly became the teenager we all wanted to be. As a little girl, I was completely taken with the movie — I...
Ariela Basson/Scary Mommy; Shutterstock, Getty Images My children know no fear, and love nothing more than casting spells and playing dead. I’ve made peace with "Janie" (my eldest’s ghost friend), regularly answer questions about mortality first thing in the morning, and prominently display a drawing of “Goth Barbie,” but we’ve also gotten into some pickles....