TikTok Pretty much every parent I’ve met (myself included) likes to avoid punishing their kids whenever possible. It doesn’t feel good. That said, I don’t think I’ve ever met a parent who’s never punished their kids at all. It’s the ideal, sure, but it’s hard to actually pull off. (We are, despite what our children...
martin-dm/E+/Getty Images If you’re an Elder Millennial, then you probably remember Eliza and Smarter Child, some of the OG chatbots. There’s also a good chance that you and a couple friends gathered around a family computer at some point and started “talking” to one of them. But since they were primitive, conversations were bland and...
kali9/E+/Getty Images Moms feeling lonely isn’t anything new. In any Facebook group, Instagram reel, or Reddit thread, you can find moms sharing how deeply they want a village — they want friends they can call on a Saturday and invite over for a playdate, friends they can meet at the park with a box of...
Max/Warner Bros. I’ve always known that I talk about being a mom a lot or maybe even too much, depending on my audience. One girls’ weekend when our numbers were split between moms and non-parents, my kid-free friends came up with a code to get out of having to hear us blather on about our...