Yuliya Taba/E+/Getty Images It’s May. You’re almost there. You’ve plugged all 23 kid activities into the shared family calendar. You’ve signed up for end-of-year party snacks, you’ve put your name down to volunteer at field day, you’ve ordered recital costumes. The swimsuits are hanging in the laundry room, there’s a surplus of sunscreen in the hall closet, and there’s an OOO email crafted for each day you’ll be busy attending one of your kids’ concerts or award ceremonies or soccer games. Everyone’s excited. The kids are counting down until the end of the school year. They’re daydreaming about all the...
This Simple Body Care Habit Transforms My Day As a Busy Mom
Brittney Fusilier is a former pharmacist, mother of four, and family lifestyle blogger living in Louisiana. Here, she shares how something as simple as a one-step body care routine from Olay has helped improve her skin, boost her confidence, and optimize her daily routine. This is her story, edited for length and clarity. With four young daughters, life is beautifully busy — full of carpools, extracurriculars, dinner routines, and running our family’s digital content business. In the middle of all this chaos, one thing I’ve learned is that taking care of myself, especially my skin, can’t be an afterthought. When...
What Is 'Technoference?' How Parents' Screen Use Impacts Their Kids
skynesher/E+/Getty Images The amount of time kids spend glued to a screen gets a lot of attention. But, it turns out that parent’s screen time might be an equal culprit in hindering children’s development, thanks to a phenomenon called “technoference.” You know those moments when your kid comes up to you, yapping away while you’re mid-text, and you hold up a “one minute” finger until you can hit send? Or when your phone buzzes mid conversation, and you pull it out to check it while your toddler rambles on? They’re seemingly small interruptions (and we’re all guilty of them), but...
The Chromebook Challenge Is The Latest Dumb & Dangerous TikTok Trend
Imgorthand/E+/Getty Images Scientific advancements astonish us every day — from promising medical treatments to newly discovered species and stars. Similarly, every day, children are discovering new ways to be idiots. Let’s face it, kids are amazing but their brains are basically Jell-O that doesn’t fully set until they’re in their mid-20s. It’s developmentally appropriate, but it’s still annoying, and in the case of the Chromebook Challenge, social media’s latest viral trend, expensive and dangerous. From Washington to Pennsylvania and beyond, schools have complained of students taking part in the “Chromebook Challenge” which isn’t so much a “challenge” as “dumb.” It...