rbkomar/Moment/Getty Images It was almost two years ago now that my period began arriving a mere 10 days after the previous one ended. My cycles had been on the short side since the birth of my second child, and three weeks was annoying but within the realm of tolerable. But 14 day cycles? Half of...
Category: tweens & teens
FYI: Your Kid's Cycle Will Take A While To Become Regular
Maskot/Getty Images Maybe your child has complained of pains that sound awfully similar to cramps, or you’ve noticed they’re having more and more breakouts lately. And then boom, it happens: their first period. But then the next month comes and… nothing. Now you’re frantically researching, “Is it normal to be irregular after your first period?”...
10 Sports Kids Can Start Later In Life — Because Preschool Soccer Was A Hard No
Camille Tokerud/Stone/Getty Images It comes at you fast — one day you have a toddler who is just mastering using the bathroom solo, and then you look up and all their little compatriots are signed up for Soccer Shots and tumbling classes. Are we really starting sports this early? When it feels like Pop Warner...
Instagram Introduces A Reset Button
simon2579/E+/Getty Images I’ve had Instagram for over ten years. Through those ten years, I’ve followed, unfollowed, liked, saved, and shared more posts than I could count. It has to be in the hundreds of thousands. Through all my activity on Instagram, an algorithm of who I am and what I like, specifically sorted for me...



