TikTok Once your kids hit a certain age — and it’s always earlier than you realize — you have to be very careful what you say around them. Because even when it seems they’re not paying attention, well, “little pitchers have big ears,” as they say. And while many use this phrase when they don’t...
Tatiana Sviridova/Moment/Getty Images Do you remember going on vacation as a teenager? In my family, we spent most of the day together, but my brother and I had plenty of opportunities for excursions. We’d go to the shops along the beach, hit up the boardwalk, or get ice cream while our parents handled the younger...
Natalia Lebedinskaia/Getty Images Melissa Wirt found herself alone, bleeding in the bathroom. She was miscarrying her baby, and she quite literally had nobody to call. Just outside the door, her five other kids still needed parenting. It felt like an all-time low, but it also became the moment that inspired her to do something about...
Daniel Lee/Moment/Getty Images When friends ask me what having a baby is like, I’m sure to keep it positive — having kids is one of the best things I’ve ever done, but I’m also blunt — “It’s like getting punched in the face out of an airplane,” I tell them. “And then when you land...