On the day Melanie Lynskey and I are set to meet, there is a downpour in Los Angeles. It’s not just the rain everyone’s been praying for since the fires, but a full-scale weather event. It will end in mudslides that shut down a section of Highway 1, but for now, we’re still in the...
TikTok / @thats_inappropriate Teenagers are, notoriously, quite expensive. Vacations are also rather expensive. Honestly, everything is feeling a bit pricey these days. So it’s no surprise that a mom is catching flack on TikTok for reacting in shock when her teenage daughter had to use her emergency credit card while away on vacation. Meredith Masonry,...
@hi.im.amywhite / Instagram We all had that one friend’s house where we’d always go to hang out, right? Their parents had the best food, a fridge stocked with every single drink, and a welcoming, comfortable environment that made it the place to hang out as kids. Now, with more and more of us suddenly having...
Natalia Lebedinskaia/Getty Images Motherhood is not for the faint of heart. You know that saying that says having a child is like having your heart walk around outside of your body? It’s incredibly accurate, and this week in the Scary Mommy Confessions, the moms are really feeling that. From fears about their child’s autism and...