When the “soft life” trend — which is all about savoring moments of comfort and joy — started taking over my feed with its aesthetically pleasing moments, I’ll admit it felt almost… triggering? Picture-perfect momfluencers in silky robes making their avocado toast between yoga and toy-free living rooms — couldn’t relate. In a 2025 study,...
Natalia Lebedinskaia/Moment/Getty Images Before I had kids, I thought I wanted five. (I know.) My husband talked me down to three and then that number got a lot shakier after we had one. Eventually we were brave enough to have a second but Baby #3 never materialized because, as they say, “no plan survives contact...
FG Trade/E+/Getty Images The heat dome that covered the eastern U.S. has lifted, and while that means many of us are breathing a (mercifully cooler and less humid) sigh of relief, the memory of how impossible it felt to function under such conditions is still fresh. I think my son put it best when he...
FG Trade/E+/Getty Images My son is 4 and just wrapped up his first year of pre-K, where he learned to write, count up to 200, and so much more. And, perhaps more importantly, he learned a lot about social dynamics this year. One of his biggest lessons came in the form of one specific kid,...