Robert Prange/Getty Images Sport/Getty Images As parents, we hear a lot about where we should and shouldn’t be bringing our children. Airplanes. Movies. Breweries. Restaurants. There seems to be a subset of the population who believes children should be kept in isolated caves in the middle of the woods until they’re old enough to rent...
TikTok There’s a common theme I’ve seen among male/female parents in my years of parenting. A baby is born to an excited mom and an excited dad. Mom gets eight weeks of maternity leave (if she’s lucky) while dad gets two (if he’s lucky). Over the first few weeks of the little one’s life, mom...
Georgijevic/E+/Getty Images As divorce became more common in the latter half of the 20th century, families began to look different, particularly as they grew over generations. Suddenly, the “four grandparent” paradigm that dominated most of modern history shifted. My kids, for example, have four grandfathers — biological and step — and three grandmothers. It’s lovely...
At this point, a lot of us are familiar with “sad beige clothes for sad beige children,” both the excellent TikTok account and, like, the overall concept. Everywhere you look, it seems neutral-toned baby clothes, toys, and accessories are flooding the market. Nurseries are starting to look like a picky toddler’s dinner plate: everything is...