@maiyam18 / TikTok When I babysat as a young girl, my mom always taught me to ensure the house was picked up before the parents got home. So, after the kids went to bed, I would go around the house and pick up toys, wash the dishes, and tidy up. It didn’t really matter if...
@dillon.linen / TikTok In a recent TikTok, one grown son, Dillon, realizes something monumental about his dad. Now a father himself, he is seeing parents through a different lens, offering support and empathy for his mom while questioning some of the motives of his dad. For many Gen X and Millennial kids, their boomer dads...
TikTok Our children are our favorite people on the planet. OK, some days they might get on our nerves, but overall we think they’re amazing and brilliant and fun. They give our life beauty and depth we never could have imagined without them. But sometimes we don’t always let them know that the way we...
CrayGardens/ TikTok Elf on the Shelf is a very polarizing Christmas tradition that parents are either all-in on or loathe. If you braved the world of Elf on the Shelf, kudos to you! Thankfully, my husband and I have managed to avoid that nonsense for now, avoiding the late-night scramble to throw that little (and...