Instagram / @heyjanellemarie “Why? I’ll tell you why, because I said so!” Sound familiar? “Because I said so,” is a staple of boomer parenting vocab. It exemplifies all of the parenting behaviors we’ve left in the past: the idea that children’s thoughts and feelings don’t matter, and that parents are always, without fail, correct. Millennials’...
TikTok Growing up, there was nothing quite like getting to spend time at Grandma’s house. (Sidebar: why is it always “Grandma’s House” even though, more often than not, Grandpa also lives there?) In the summer especially, my parents would drop off my brother and me, and we’d enjoy a few days of treats, swimming in...
TikTok For most of the first few years of my kids’ lives, my husband and I lived in a mother-in-law apartment in my grandparents house. The homes were connected by a door in each of our respective kitchens, and when my kids needed a change of scenery or more room to play, they’d head into...
Instagram / @mommom.maria Grandparents, gather round! Welcoming a new grandbaby into the world is a feeling second to none, but there’s a few things we should go over first. Yup, before you get to fully declare yourself a Meemaw or Papa, there are a couple rules you should be ready to abide by. Rules? No...