Getty/Reddit Let’s be clear: We love our kids. We are honored to be parents, we would take a bullet for our offspring, and the best day of our life was the day they entered the universe. And now that that’s out of the way, let’s add: Being a parent can be rough. As in, parenting...
TikTok When my oldest child was little, I wore him everywhere. I talked to him when he threw a tantrum instead of punishing him for kicking up. And if I ever messed up, I wouldn’t shy from saying “I’m sorry” to him. And depending on who I was with, not infrequently, this would elicit an...
Rachel Writes Books / TiKTok As a parent of young kids, finding somewhere to go out as a family is not always easy. No parent wants to spend their entire afternoon at Chuk-E-Cheese. In recent years, for lots of families, local breweries have been kind of a third space for families. It’s a lively, louder...
TikTok We’ve all been there. Our kids are doing annoying kid stuff. Not cleaning their rooms. Leaving their dishes next to the sink instead of in the sink. Not doing their homework. Leaving messes everywhere they go. And goodness knows we try. We use our gentle parenting voices. We take a breath. We try our...