Miniseries/Getty Images My father was born on a plantation in Mississippi, decades after the Emancipation Proclamation freed enslaved people, but in a time when the legacy of slavery still held strong. The real lesson that I carry, though, isn’t just about where he was born. It’s about his mother — my grandmother — a woman...
Mattel When you think of quintessential childhood toys, few brands have more clout than Barbie and Play-Doh. And now, Mattel and Hasbro, the makers of the childhood favorites, have come together to create an entire Play-Doh-Barbie line of toys. Not since Reese’s joined peanut butter and chocolate has our inner child been this delighted by...
Photographer, Basak Gurbuz Derman/Moment/Getty Images When I was in high school, my friend came up to me before class started and asked what I was wearing on my lips. “Uhhh, nothing,” I replied. She couldn’t believe my lips were naturally that color, and it was the first time I had ever really thought about it,...
Catherine Falls Commercial/Moment/Getty Images From Instagram accounts aimed at dealing with tween problems to TikTok videos that give you "5 Gentle Ways To Redirect Your Toddler," it’s easy to make the assumption that all of us should be perfect parents. I mean, all of this information is at our fingertips… we should be using it...