Calm Parenting Podcast / TikTok For the parents with strong-willed, deeply feeling, or neurodivergent children, the after-school battles are real. After a full day of, “do this, do that,” and all they want is just to come home to a safe space and decompress. Sometimes, I am so guilty of hounding my daughter with questions...
Sergey Mironov/Moment/Getty Images It started innocently enough — one random chin hair poking out of my supple 20-year-old skin. I shrieked. It was short and black, like a little spike, and I plucked it immediately. It popped up every now and again — once, unfortunately, it found its way back out of my chin while on...
Milan Markovic/E+/Getty Images Not that long ago, my son really needed me. Some days, he needed me for more than I could give. But suddenly, those days are distant memories. As much as I thought I’d enjoy free time back then — along with extra headspace and not feeling touched out every day — the...
Emma Chao/Scary Mommy; Getty Images Growing up, you probably heard your mom say on more than one occasion, “I’ve had it up to here!” Of course, *here* was an ever-evolving placeholder. And now that you’re a mom, that expression probably just hits different. You may have even uttered those same words. Because what your mom...