svetikd/E+/Getty Images I’m fairly sure my parents had no idea where I was 80% of the time during the summer. Or, they had an idea but it was fairly nebulous. I could have been at Kelly’s house, or Becky’s house, or the Other Kelly’s house. Occasionally, I was with Other Jamie or Other Becky. (It...
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Best View Stock/Best View Stock/Getty Images I sometimes really think the hardest part of having grade school children is navigating the minefield of their friend’s parents. Most of the time it’s fine: you might even make a new friend! But other times, just because the kid is cool, it doesn’t mean their parents aren’t a...
JulPo/E+/Getty Images By now, we’re all familiar with what it means to be the default parent: One parent, usually the mother, is saddled with the majority of the mental load of caring for the family, and is often the one the children default to when they need something. It’s so burdensome and likely to cause...