If we’re being honest, summer kind of feels like a fever dream for parents. Even the tee-off to the actual season, Maycember, is a blur — a chaotic sprint to the school-year finish line. It’s immediately followed by June, full of ambitious “summer bucket lists” and the lawlessness of late bedtimes and even later mornings....
Ippei Naoi/Moment/Getty Images I love a good, wholesome secret or confession. Like that I use boxed cake mix to make my kids’ birthday cakes — I just replace the water in the instructions with milk and melted butter for the vegetable oil. Every mom has a bunch of them stashed inside her brain and heart, and...
Lyndsey Stamper / TikTok There’s a TikTok trend right now where parents are posting pictures of their tweens and teens, sharing their likes, dislikes, and how they shirk their parents’ hugs and would rather hang out with their friends than their family. When you scroll to the next photo, there’s a sweet image or video...
So, you’ve made it through the first six weeks of life with a newborn child, and now it’s time for you to return to work. Or rather, since your employer provides little to no paid maternity leave, you are preparing to go back to work sooner than six weeks, whether your body and mind are...