chrystamckenziesapp/TikTok TikTok trends are not usually something any parent looks forward to their teen discovering (we all remember the Tide Pods thing, right?), but every now and then, something incredibly wholesome comes out of social media. You’ve seen the TikToks of people recording themselves as they compliment strangers from their car or leaving a higher-than-usual...
Getty/Reddit You know how that first pancake never quite comes out the way you want it? And by the last pancake, you’ve got it down to a culinary art? Sometimes parenting can be the same way. We go into it with the best intentions, but, ultimately, it’s our first time doing something and we’re going...
Instagram / @parenting.resilience Is there a universal hardest age to parent? We whisper warnings about the terrible twos, but come on, are they really that bad? (Yes, they are). On the other end of the spectrum, angsty, pubescent teens also get a bad rap. One age doesn’t necessarily have a reputation, but it seems to...
Getty For years, I had no alarm clock. I had a child who always woke me up before the sun rose. She was a chronic 4:30 AM – 5 AM waker-upper, and it was just…the worst. And honestly, getting up in the morning wasn’t the worst part. It made getting in some “me time” incredibly...