Courtesy of Scouting America Can we be real with you for a second? Parenting in today’s world is… tricky. Between ever-evolving technology, seemingly endless amounts of entertainment, and extremely hands-on parenting (no judgment zone!), sometimes it makes us wonder: Will my kid thrive in the real world? That’s where Scouting America — yes, the group...
Inside Creative House/Shutterstock ‘Tis season of school push notifications, calendar invites, scheduling conflicts, and weekday morning madness, and your time is about to be taken over by all that and more. Even though it feels impossible to control the chaos of back-to-school season (trust us, we’ve tried), you can have a say in how much...
It happens every July: Someone in my local mom group makes a post questioning the school supply lists. They want to know why they’re responsible for sending in two packs of pencils or six glue sticks. They want to know why they have to buy tissues and Clorox wipes for a classroom. And they really...
Christelle Leuvennink/E+/Getty Images I’m laying in bed and my arm is stretched out to the edge, gripped around the handle of my baby’s car seat. It’s 4 AM. I’ve been up for over an hour, and it’s my third wake up of the night. After complete and total desperation to get him back to sleep,...