Abby Eckel / TikTok Time and time again, we hear stories about incompetent dads and husbands. Those guys who insist on having big families but when it comes to the actual work of raising that family, they check out. One mom is calling out this double standard in her latest TikTok, noting that men are...
For years, my husband has thrown on his metaphorical Santa hat a few days before Christmas in a frantic rush to fill his sleigh with some of my favorite things. He usually stays pretty close to home — gathering all the goodies from our local town plaza. My gifts are typically heavy on bath products,...
Baltimore Sun/Tribune News Service/Getty Images Since 2016, challenges to books in schools and public libraries have risen dramatically. Between 2021 and 2023, there was a dizzying 128% increase in such challenges, often targeting materials about and written by people in marginalized communities. In states like Texas and Florida, legislation often categorized as “book bans” gives...
Anastasiia Krivenok/Moment/Getty Images I’ve always loved Christmas. But over the last few years, I’ve noticed an overwhelming sense of dread as Halloween ends and the holiday season really begins. For a while, I thought it was just me feeling all the expectations of being a mom during the holidays, but I realized something pretty quickly:...