Calm Parenting Podcast / TikTok For the parents with strong-willed, deeply feeling, or neurodivergent children, the after-school battles are real. After a full day of, “do this, do that,” and all they want is just to come home to a safe space and decompress. Sometimes, I am so guilty of hounding my daughter with questions...
Milan Markovic/E+/Getty Images Not that long ago, my son really needed me. Some days, he needed me for more than I could give. But suddenly, those days are distant memories. As much as I thought I’d enjoy free time back then — along with extra headspace and not feeling touched out every day — the...
Emma Chao/Scary Mommy; Getty Images Growing up, you probably heard your mom say on more than one occasion, “I’ve had it up to here!” Of course, *here* was an ever-evolving placeholder. And now that you’re a mom, that expression probably just hits different. You may have even uttered those same words. Because what your mom...
@supersingleton / TikTok In the wake of Hurricane Helene, a TikTok shared by Emily Singleton captured the absolute badassery of Appalachian communities as they navigate the devastation. The video captured Singleton’s friends Josh Johnson and Graham Avery working together to save something worth more than gold to new moms: breastmilk. According to People, Singleton explained...