These days, “parenting influencer” is practically a mainstream career path. But when Katie Anderson first found her way to Instagram more than a decade ago, the idea that her photos and videos could one day become the family business didn’t cross her mind. In fact, she was busy photographing fruit when her eldest daughter, Kaitlin,...
Ariela Basson/Scary Mommy; Getty Images, Shutterstock Before my first trip to Disney World, one of the things I was worried about the most was getting around. I had an old childhood memory of walking through a hot, unshaded, endless parking lot to get to an amusement park, and I was worried that getting from my...
TikTok Most people who have blended a family together — whether we’re talking about merging two separate families or simply finding your footing in your partner’s family unit— will probably tell you there’s a learning curve. At best, it’s a little weird stepping into new traditions and existing paradigms, and at worst it can be...
TikTok There’s so much to learn as a parent. There’s everything to learn, in fact. We don’t know what we don’t know, and so it’s no coincidence that our kids’ early years—especially our oldest kid’s early years—are full of moments where we stare into the middle distance, stewing in quiet, resigned regrets. And Emily, who...