vitapix/E+/Getty Images While social media will try to convince you that every preteen and teen out there is obsessed with hygiene and skincare and beauty products, we all know that’s not true. And we also know that most products catered towards teens and tweens really aren’t anything special. But here’s another thing we know: Preteens...
Kseniya Ovchinnikova/Moment/Getty Images Your cat is a normal well-adjusted citizen during the day, napping in the sun and asking for pets in passing. Maybe they have some annoying quirks, like splashing their water everywhere before drinking it, but they seem pretty chill and mentally stable. But at night, they go absolutely feral. They’re zooming, making...
miniseries/E+/Getty Images At 31, after a lifetime of trying to figure out what was wrong, I was finally diagnosed with hypermobility spectrum disorder. It’s a form of Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, a connective tissue disorder that basically means my joints lack the support they need to function properly. It has led to decades of chronic pain, and...
Georgijevic/E+/Getty Images As divorce became more common in the latter half of the 20th century, families began to look different, particularly as they grew over generations. Suddenly, the “four grandparent” paradigm that dominated most of modern history shifted. My kids, for example, have four grandfathers — biological and step — and three grandmothers. It’s lovely...