Imgorthand/E+/Getty Images Scientific advancements astonish us every day — from promising medical treatments to newly discovered species and stars. Similarly, every day, children are discovering new ways to be idiots. Let’s face it, kids are amazing but their brains are basically Jell-O that doesn’t fully set until they’re in their mid-20s. It’s developmentally appropriate, but...
Scary Mommy; Getty Images/Shutterstock Mother’s Day can be complicated. From feeling pressured to celebrate the moms in your life — no matter how you really feel about them — to managing your own expectations for how your family will celebrate you, it’s no wonder many of us would rather we treat the holiday like any other...
Isbjorn/E+/Getty Images For the first eight or so years of my children’s lives, every day concluded with a bedtime story. Sometimes I could get away with one book but, more often than not, they’d toddle over to me with a stack of Mo Willems, Sandra Boynton, and Dr. Seuss. Trips to the library were done...
NineLives/E+/Getty Images Preliminary data from the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reveals that the U.S. maternal mortality rate — already the worst among so-called developed countries — rose last year after post-pandemic decreases in 2022 and 2023. All told, 19 more pregnant people and new mothers died in 2024 than the year before....