TikTok / @maggiekatz I remember sitting on my mom’s bed as a little girl, feet swinging off the edge, while she did her makeup in the mirror. I wasn’t allowed to wear makeup myself until I got older, save for the cakey dance recital ~looks~, but I was guilty of trying (and failing) to apply...
@beachgem10 / TikTok Having a sick child is difficult and often scary. You don’t always know what to do to make them feel better, and it’s made all the worse when they’re too little to tell you what’s wrong. But as cold and flu season approaches, Meghan Martin, a pediatric emergency medicine doctor, mom of...
From little niceties like trading small talk with the cashier at the grocery store to the big moments, like getting married or being the keynote speaker at your company’s annual conference, life is one long string of talking to and with other people. And when you’re a parent, it can often feel easier to reach...
Even when we don’t think our kids are paying attention, they are taking in the world around them all the time. Sometimes that includes starting conversations we don’t know how to have. Dr. Vicki Chan, an ophthalmologist and mom who posts on TikTok as @vickichanmd, recently had a moment of “freaking out internally” when her...