TikTok As a mom to a tween and a teen, I feel qualified to share my opinion that overall, raising kids this age isn’t as difficult as juggling toddlers. But that doesn’t mean it’s easy. There are unique challenges that come along with raising a young adult. Like, I’m currently struggling with balancing how much...
TikTok We have a rule in my house: each of my children is allowed one mental health day that they can call just about whenever they want. If they really, really don’t want to go to school — for whatever reason — they can stay home and comfortably rot for a while. If they attempt...
TikTok It doesn’t take long for parents to start to fear for their child’s social well-being. Around the time they start going to school, their world becomes significantly larger than the one they’ve lived in before now, which was primarily within the walls of our home and maybe their daycare, with other small kiddos. But...
The Good Brigade/Getty Images Being a child of an alcoholic f*cks with your idea of what’s "normal" drinking. I have no real sense of "healthy" drinking except, like many people, I believe my own way is best. I rarely have more than one, and almost never more than two. I only drink socially. A good...