Scary Mommy Big news: you’re going to Disney World! Mom and Dad are excited, your youngest is thrilled, but your tween or teen… well, not so much. Maybe Disney World seems too little-kid-ish, or maybe they’re in a phase where spending time with the family feels like a prison sentence. Either way, their reaction to...
Category: tweens & teens
TikTok Creator Offers A Better Alternative To "They're Just Jealous Of You"
TikTok As a parent, there’s little that’s harder than helping your child deal with a bully. For one, your natural instincts might be to go into Mama Bear mode, but releasing your ire onto a small child is ill-advised and frowned upon. For another, a lot of us still don’t quite know how to handle...
People Are Coming To Blue Ivy's Defense After Dress Was Deemed “Wildly Inappropriate”
Matt Winkelmeyer/GA/The Hollywood Reporter/Getty Images Earlier this week, Blue Ivy Carter appeared on the red carpet for the premiere of Mufasa: The Lion King with her parents, Beyoncé and Jay-Z. Blue, 12, voices Kiara in the upcoming film — five years after Beyoncé first voiced Kiara’s mom, Nala, in The Lion King (2019). What should...
I Read My Old Diaries To Try To Understand My Kids
AleksandarGeorgiev/E+/Getty Images Let’s be honest: It’s been a long time since I was 10. But that’s the age my oldest is now, and I want to make sure I’m connecting with him the best I can as he ages. Around the time of his 10th birthday, he began to experience what my husband and I...