Ariela Basson/Scary Mommy; Shutterstock, Getty Images Let me set the scene for you. In the previous six hours, my 7- and 9-year-old daughters binged on Netflix while I was draped across the couch like a lifeless sardine, glazed eyes staring upward. I felt bad about using screen time to babysit my children while COVID ravaged...
Instagram / @elenawonders You know your kid is practically perfect in every way, which is why it’s so heartbreaking to realize that they don’t necessarily feel the same way about themselves. Managing your child’s insecurities is no easy task, particularly if you don’t have a good framework from your own childhood to work off of....
Maria Korneeva/Moment/Getty Images You know you love it — those wiggly-bodied, rug rippin’, can’t-contain-the-excitement zoomies your dog gets after a bath, a chilly trip outside, or whenever you get home after a long day. But exactly why do dogs get the zoomies? It’s sort of a funny habit, to be so excited by something that...
Ariela Basson/Scary Mommy; Shutterstock, Getty Images The holidays have always been a blissful season of joy, celebration, and spending time with the people I love most. For the last three and a half-ish decades I can’t remember a holiday season where I wasn’t headed to my mom’s side of the family on Christmas Eve and...