TikTok Across the country, schoolchildren are fully in “end of year” mode. They’re coming home from school wet from field day water games with backpacks stuffed to the gills with papers, books, and art projects that have been accumulating in their desks for nine months. And it’s basically understood that after that last big test or assessment, the final week or so of school is basically just there for fun and the obligation of 180-day academic years. So one mom on TikTok wants to know: are we bothering sending our kids on the last day of school? “Do you make...
What's The Biggest Lie You've Ever Told Your Kids?
Peter Glass/Photographer’s Choice RF/Getty Images As a parent, I believe in being honest and open with your children almost always… and that “almost” is doing some very, very heavy lifting. Look, 99% of the time or more, being up front is the best policy, but it’s a truth universally acknowledged that a child in possession of a very tired parent must be in need of a convenient lie from time to time. And when those times arrive? Truly nothing hits like a getting away with spectacularly lying to your child. Kids are great, but they’re not terribly sophisticated and they’re...
“My Husband & I Refuse To Have Sex At Bedtime”
Jason Horowitz/Corbis/Getty Images This story is an “as told to” and anonymous. The mom in this story is a mother of four, in her 30s, living in the Southeast. I did the math recently and discovered that I have been pregnant and/or breastfeeding a child for eight consecutive years. I’m in my late 30s, so that feels like a pretty intense chunk of time, especially when it’s something that directly affects my body. Sex obviously has been affected by all of this, too. I can honestly say that my husband and I have maintained a great relationship and marriage throughout...
Kourtney Kardashian's Baby Names Have Changed Baby Name Trends Forever
PG/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images/Getty Images Baby name popularity fluctuating with pop culture is nothing new. Arya skyrocketed on the baby girl charts after Game of Thrones, and many boys born in the ‘90s were named after Brad Pitt’s Tristan in Legends of the Fall. But when it comes to celebrity baby naming trends, the reaction tends to be more hit or miss. After all, despite the entirety of 2004 being about Gwyneth Paltrow naming her baby Apple, that sweet little moniker has never hit the top 1000 baby names for girls. Neither has Bronx — after Ashlee Simpson and Pete Wentz’s son...