Monty Rakusen/DigitalVision/Getty Images People are all too quick to tell you how hard motherhood is. They tell you you’ll never sleep. That your house will never be clean again. About the Terrible Twos and Threenagers, but also “little kids, little problems; big kids, big problems.” But one thing no one tells you is how overstimulating...
Instagram No matter how old we are, our parents’ opinions hold tremendous sway in how we navigate the world, whether in seeking their approval or rebelling against it. If your parents’ opinions don’t have power over you anymore it’s probably thanks to hours of hard work in therapy. But for most of us, we often...
Charles Gullung/The Image Bank/Getty Images Anyone who’s ever had one child has heard it. Sometimes it’s years after welcoming your little one, other times it’s within before you’ve even pushed out your placenta. The question “Are you going to have another?” or worse, “When are you going to have another?” or even worse “When are...
Plan shooting2 / Imazins/ImaZinS/Getty Images It wasn’t until my son was about 2 years old that I even realized I’d only read one book since he was born. Considering I’m someone who, up until then, read about 35 books a year, this took me by surprise the first time I realized it. How did my...