Ariela Basson/Scary Mommy; Getty Images Listen, I 100% ~felt~ it when Kaley Cuoco said she didn’t like being called “Mama” by other people since welcoming her daughter Matilda nearly two years ago — as if once you become a mother, that’s your sole identity. Cuoco was and is a lot of things, from entrepreneur to...
TikTok Before we actually welcome our little ones into our lives, a lot of us have very lofty ideas about how we’re going to raise them. No screens until they’re 18! No high-fructose corn syrup ever! Wooden toys only! French lessons at 3! Truly, no one is a better parent than someone who doesn’t have...
Ariela Basson/Scary Mommy; Getty Images, Shutterstock It was a workday for me and a half day of school for my kids. I was deep in writing a communication plan when my phone buzzed. It was a text from a client, but above that was a message from my 11-year-old son asking if he could talk...
Instagram A friend recently asked me if I ever look at my kids and think, “You would never survive out in the wild?” I quickly laughed and replied, “I’ve looked at my children and thought they wouldn’t have survived the early-’90s.” It’s not that they’re completely incapable, but my kids are privileged and sheltered, and...