TikTok We have a rule in my house: each of my children is allowed one mental health day that they can call just about whenever they want. If they really, really don’t want to go to school — for whatever reason — they can stay home and comfortably rot for a while. If they attempt...
Austyn de Lugo Liston / TikTok We very rarely take our daughter to the movies, even for kid’s movies, because the cost of the entire movie trip for the three of us doesn’t usually feel worth it if our daughter gets squirmy, loud, or just wants to bounce halfway through. It’s kind of a bummer...
TikTok People often talk about how hard it is to learn to be a parent, but fewer discuss the specific challenges of learning to be parents together with their partner. Being a parent is like training for a marathon. Being parents is like running a relay — except the baton is a very fragile tiny...
Ariela Basson/Scary Mommy; Getty Images, Stocksy, Shutterstock "Merry Christmas, honey," my husband said while handing me an overstuffed "Happy Birthday" gift bag. It wasn’t my birthday but, instead, my first Christmas as a mom — in fact, I was only three months postpartum. My mind quickly ran through a list of possible presents that could...