We teach our kids all kinds of things. How to tie their shoes. How to ride a bike. How to say “please” and “thank you.” How to swim. Parenting is an endless loop of lessons — many practical, some even silly. But then there are the big things, the ones that literally shape our kids’...
vitapix/E+/Getty Images While social media will try to convince you that every preteen and teen out there is obsessed with hygiene and skincare and beauty products, we all know that’s not true. And we also know that most products catered towards teens and tweens really aren’t anything special. But here’s another thing we know: Preteens...
Kseniya Ovchinnikova/Moment/Getty Images Your cat is a normal well-adjusted citizen during the day, napping in the sun and asking for pets in passing. Maybe they have some annoying quirks, like splashing their water everywhere before drinking it, but they seem pretty chill and mentally stable. But at night, they go absolutely feral. They’re zooming, making...
miniseries/E+/Getty Images At 31, after a lifetime of trying to figure out what was wrong, I was finally diagnosed with hypermobility spectrum disorder. It’s a form of Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, a connective tissue disorder that basically means my joints lack the support they need to function properly. It has led to decades of chronic pain, and...