Ariela Basson/Scary Mommy; Getty Images, Shutterstock Blast some Cyndi Lauper and put your thinking cap on: It’s time to pick out a totally rad baby name that personifies vintage cool while still being un-bully-able. And where better to pull inspo from the decade that made so many of us? Some of the top picks from...
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My Sixth Grader Has Entered His Group Chat Era, & I Hate It
Sally Anscombe/Photodisc/Getty Images I was putting groceries away in the kitchen while my 11-year-old son sat at the counter eating a snack, when I heard a “ping.” I suspected it was his Apple watch, but that was weird, since he only uses it to communicate with my husband and me when he’s out of the...
What's So Great About An Empty Nest Anyway?
Georgijevic/E+/Getty Images My so-called nest has been emptied three times so far, but a global pandemic, sky-high housing costs, and layoffs have filled it right back up again. At the moment one of my 20-something children lives with me and the other lives one state over. The kid at home would rather have her own...
I Sold My Kids’ Childhood Home & I’m Surprised By How I Feel
AJ_Watt/E+/Getty Images I lived in this house for 20 years. Twenty years of birthdays and holidays spent here. It’s where I once caught my daughter cheerfully swinging from the chandelier in her bedroom when she was 3. When we built the front porch, I vowed I’d live here forever. Last week, I put the house...



