Charles Gullung/The Image Bank/Getty Images Anyone who’s ever had one child has heard it. Sometimes it’s years after welcoming your little one, other times it’s within before you’ve even pushed out your placenta. The question “Are you going to have another?” or worse, “When are you going to have another?” or even worse “When are...
Plan shooting2 / Imazins/ImaZinS/Getty Images It wasn’t until my son was about 2 years old that I even realized I’d only read one book since he was born. Considering I’m someone who, up until then, read about 35 books a year, this took me by surprise the first time I realized it. How did my...
Renee Dominguez/SXSW Conference & Festivals/Getty Images Ilana Glazer has had it with “mom guilt” — and honestly, so have I. Why do we have a mom-specific phrase for feeling like you’re not doing enough for your children? After all, I’ve never heard anyone talk about “dad guilt.” The comedian and toddler mom recently made her...
UniversalImagesGroup/Universal Images Group/Getty Images A former colleague of mine, Janet Manley, recently wrote an article in The New York Times called “So You Think You Know a Lot About the Titanic” and I. feel. seen. The article explores the phenomenon of “Titanic kids,” children who develop a fascination with the maritime tragedy, memorizing esoteric facts...