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...
A group of school children singing nondenominational holiday tunes while dressed in red and green might not seem very interesting, but when your child is among them, it suddenly becomes very special. So special, in fact, that you often record it for all of eternity — and send that recording to friends and relatives. But...
Getty/Reddit Let’s be clear: We love our kids. We are honored to be parents, we would take a bullet for our offspring, and the best day of our life was the day they entered the universe. And now that that’s out of the way, let’s add: Being a parent can be rough. As in, parenting...
Tatiana / TikTok After a mom admitted that she wasn’t super excited to go to her son’s parent-teacher conference, she was met with a litany of responses online. In her video, Tatiana (@mamasreadingjournal) asked her followers if they go to their kids’ parent-teacher conferences, admitting that she did not want to go. “Do you go...