— MERIT There are some things I’ve recognized fairly quickly upon becoming a mom of two. Sleep, for one, is a rare luxury. The lack of said sleep means most days, I wake up to a jump scare in the mirror when I find Medusa staring back at me. As a beauty editor, I’ve always...
Parenting a teen in the digital age can be daunting. After all, most of us grew up without cell phones or social media (I, personally, am old enough to remember the thrill of getting dial-up internet in middle school), so that means we’re the first generation to have to monitor our kids’ online lives without...
Lots of parents have experience with their own mental health struggles, including the loneliness that comes with raising children. And if feeling alone is a difficult thing for grown-ups to reckon with — especially in an increasingly online, post-pandemic world — it’s an even more harsh experience for our children. This is especially true for...