skynesher/E+/Getty Images How many times have you had a difficult moment with your six to eight year old where you’ve thought to yourself “Oh boy: there’s a preview of the next 10 years…”? Sometimes these mood swings, apparent hypersensitivity, and general angsty-ness can feel out of place with a small child who still loves playing...
FatCamera/E+/Getty Images Trump’s first 100 days of his second term have been marked in large part by huge, sweeping budget cuts to federal programs. Associated Press (AP) reports such funding to Head Start programs across the country have lagged by nearly a billion dollars compared to this time last year. Administrative offices for the 60-year-old...
Alex Wong/Getty Images News/Getty Images As an autistic adult, I’ve watched Robert F. Kennedy Jr. make outrageous claims for years. But this time, this week, it hits closer to home. On Wednesday, Trump’s Secretary of Health and Human Services painted autism as something devastating to families, a crisis to be solved, a burden to be...
TikTok/Wendy Gimpel The stereotype of the meddling, malicious mother-in-law dates back centuries — arguably to ancient Rome. A mainstay of sitcoms and dramas alike, she is a calculating and/or hysterical figure who not only inserts herself where she doesn’t belong but is convinced that you — her daughter- or son-in-law — is never really good...