TikTok/Wendy Gimpel The stereotype of the meddling, malicious mother-in-law dates back centuries — arguably to ancient Rome. A mainstay of sitcoms and dramas alike, she is a calculating and/or hysterical figure who not only inserts herself where she doesn’t belong but is convinced that you — her daughter- or son-in-law — is never really good...
TikTok / @baidaugh You’ve heard of the (dreaded) iPad kid. You probably know one, or a few. But, have you heard of the iPad family? A family where even Mom and Dad can’t seem to pull themselves away from the glow of a screen? One mom on TikTok, Bailey Daugh, shared her family’s screen collection...
Instagram No matter how old we are, our parents’ opinions hold tremendous sway in how we navigate the world, whether in seeking their approval or rebelling against it. If your parents’ opinions don’t have power over you anymore it’s probably thanks to hours of hard work in therapy. But for most of us, we often...
Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images News/Getty Images | Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc./Getty Images On April 15, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released its findings on the prevalence of autism in the US in children between the ages of 4 and 8. Data was drawn from a monitoring network of 16 sites throughout the US...