Archive Photos/Moviepix/Getty Images The ‘80s and ‘90s felt like a bit of a lawless land for parents. Not only were we allowed to ride our bikes wherever we wanted and drink tiny plastic jugs of sugar water and call it “juice,” we were also pretty much given free rein on what we watched. We were...
Daniel Llao Calvet/Getty Images In my early and mid-twenties, I jogged several times a week — though whenever asked about my exercise routine, I prefaced any talk of my miles by lamenting how slow I was. Like so much of my youth, I didn’t truly appreciate what I had while I had it. Sure, I...
It happens every July: Someone in my local mom group makes a post questioning the school supply lists. They want to know why they’re responsible for sending in two packs of pencils or six glue sticks. They want to know why they have to buy tissues and Clorox wipes for a classroom. And they really...
Scary Mommy It was one of those Instagram ads that just pops up when you’re least expecting it — and I couldn’t take my eyes off of it. A woman was using some white mitt on her hand to literally slough off the top layer of her skin. And I don’t mean like I could just...