bruceman/iStock Unreleased/Getty Images Every few months, it seems we get a new, semi-viral screed against children. Specifically, whether children belong in public spaces. It usually goes like this: someone gets annoyed by a crying baby or rambunctious toddler on a plane (a classic), grocery store, brewery, and, I kid you not, pumpkin patches. Recently, TikTok...
TikTok Packing a kid’s lunch is one of the daily chores that has become so routine many parents can basically do it on auto-pilot. Children are often creatures of habit, so the order rarely changes (at least until one day they randomly decide they hate something after eating it every day for seven years without...
TikTok My kids are in double digits and, over the years we’ve been to a lot of kids birthday parties. In that time, I’ve prided myself on establishing go-to gifts for just about any age. Toddler to preschool? You’re getting Picasso tiles. Kindergarten? One of a handful of gender-neutral, tried and true play sets. I’ve...
TikTok My youngest child’s six month “birthday” came at the end of November, and so I had the absolute joy of being able to give them their first “real” food —a sweet potato purée — at Thanksgiving dinner. The whole family gathered as the spoon went to their lips and we laughed in glee as...