Growing up, my mom was always supportive of us sleeping in on the weekend — her thought was that growing teens need more sleep (and that’s a fact) and snoozing until noon was healthy, not lazy. In the summer, we often slept in every single day. But when I slept over at my best friend’s...
I don’t know about you, but if I had to best describe my kids this summer, it would probably be “free-range raccoons.” They’ve enjoyed every second of staying up way past their bedtime. They’ve sustained themselves largely with popsicles and Pirate’s Booty. Shoes with laces? We don’t know them. The most effort they’ve put into...
EA As a certified millennial who grew up playing The Sims on an ancient desktop until 3 in the morning every weekend, I couldn’t wait for my kids to enter the world of the Goth family, simoleons, and the panic of trying to get your Sim to pee when their uncomfortable bar is dark red...
New Line Cinema It’s common for kids to create imaginary friends when they’re young, but what if that fictional figure were to suddenly reappear when you’re an adult? That’s the basic premise the 1991 dark comedy Drop Dead Fred explores through the eyes of Elizabeth Cronin (Phoebe Cates), a young woman who is in desperate...