NickyLloyd/E+/Getty Images In some ways, it feels as though COVID has been a part of our lives forever. But in fact it’s only (“only”) been five years. While those years have been long indeed, in terms of scientific research and discovery, it’s the proverbial blink of an eye compared to our research on more established...
TikTok Across the country, schoolchildren are fully in “end of year” mode. They’re coming home from school wet from field day water games with backpacks stuffed to the gills with papers, books, and art projects that have been accumulating in their desks for nine months. And it’s basically understood that after that last big test...
Peter Glass/Photographer’s Choice RF/Getty Images As a parent, I believe in being honest and open with your children almost always… and that “almost” is doing some very, very heavy lifting. Look, 99% of the time or more, being up front is the best policy, but it’s a truth universally acknowledged that a child in possession...
Jason Horowitz/Corbis/Getty Images This story is an “as told to” and anonymous. The mom in this story is a mother of four, in her 30s, living in the Southeast. I did the math recently and discovered that I have been pregnant and/or breastfeeding a child for eight consecutive years. I’m in my late 30s, so...