Amazon MGM Studios All year long, we look forward to the holidays and the togetherness they bring. The kids usually get a pretty decent school break, and parents often find time to take a few days off, too. And while it’s tempting to try to fit every single seasonal bucket-list thing on your list, the...
Isabel Pavia/Getty Images If you’re preparing for your little one to get their first period, you might unexpectedly uncover some deep-seated, menstrual-related trauma that had long been buried in the crevices of your brain. For me, it was starting my period at 10, way before any of my friends, when I barely knew what a...
TikTok / @chelseaaa0908 The holiday season can be exhausting for parents, so nobody can blame you for wanting to skip out on a certain labor-intensive tradition. Organizing an Elf on the Shelf is notoriously a ton of work, but one mom’s understandable attempt to explain it away didn’t exactly go as intended, either. In a...
@leah_mogfordxx / TikTok There’s constantly a debate about how many presents parents should get for their kids around the holidays. What is an “appropriate” amount of gifts? I know some of my friends get their kids around five presents: something they want, something they need, something to wear, and something to read. They typically add...