Thianchai Sitthikongsak/Getty Images Sitting on the back porch one mom’s night out, my married friend with three kids leaned in and confessed to our group, “I’ve never orgasmed with Will. I love him and find him attractive. I enjoy the connection our sex life brings. But it’s been almost 10 years and now it feels like it’ll never happen.” The women around me buzzed with advice and troubleshooting ideas. At the time, my friend’s confession seemed like a rare one-off circumstance. I was wrong. Since that night on the back porch, I’ve had more girlfriends admit that they struggle to...
Stop Talking To My Kid About What's "Healthy"
Natalia Lebedinskaia/Getty Images Even before I had a baby, I heard the horror stories of school lunch judgment. Notes home from teachers to parents telling them not to send certain foods in lunch boxes. Entire schools banning specific lunch items. It left me annoyed and indignant. But I didn’t fully feel the rage of those judgments until I had my own child. My daughter was almost 2 when I bought our last can of formula. Feeding proved to be a struggle from the moment she was born, when a hospital lactation consultant made judgmental comments about the tank top I...
Study Finds 80% Decrease In Cervical Precancer In Early HPV Vaccine Recipients
Songsak rohprasit/Moment/Getty Images In 2006, a new vaccine was added to the list of recommended childhood immunizations: a vaccine to protect against the human papilloma virus or HPV. This virus — which comprises 100 different strains — will infect just about everyone before the age of 45. And while 90% of infections will go away on their own within two years, some can have lasting and even deadly effects. But a new study from the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), published in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) found a dramatic decrease in the rates of cervical...
4 Things Parents With Well-Behaved Kids Do
TikTok / @bcba_amanda Nothing is better than a parent-teacher conference that turns into a compliment sesh over your child’s stellar behavior. Or, a stranger in the grocery store, who decides to let you know what wonderfully polite kids you have! But how do you get there? If the goal is well-mannered, well-behaved children, don’t worry — a board-certified behavioral analyst says it’s easier than you think, and it’s all to do with how you treat your kids. Amanda, who goes by @bcba_amanda on TikTok, shared the list of things that parents of well-behaved kids are most likely to doing. 1....