Studio4/E+/Getty Images Summer just used to be summer. But now we have a million quantifiers, from “hot mom summer” to “brat summer” to Paris Hilton’s “summer of sliving,” and honestly, I think they’re helpful. Summer can be overwhelming, especially as a mom, and giving it some kind of label or vibe to shoot for can...
jeffbergen/E+/Getty Images I started seeing a man around my town a lot around seven years ago. We’d always stop and have a nice chat. He was shy, and really sweet. We started following each other on social media and every once in a while he’d send me a message and check in to see how...
Warner Bros/Kobal/Shutterstock I have always wanted a title as a mom, a quick and easy way to identify my parenting style so that people could say, “Oh yeah, me too” or “No way, that’s not for me.’” Things like helicopter mom or lighthouse mom or free-range mom feel like fast and easy ways for potential...
Catherine Delahaye/DigitalVision/Getty Images I was in the middle of cooking dinner, the house relatively quiet as my three daughters played upstairs, when my tween sidled up next to me. “Will you teach me how to chop an onion?” she asked. I had just been thinking about the ICE raid video I saw that morning, where...