Catherine Falls Commercial/Getty Images When your kid gets sick, you’ve got a problem. And when that sickness stops them from getting good quality sleep? You’ve got two. Unfortunately, kids can have trouble sleeping while sick for a variety of reasons. “Anything you can do to help your child feel more comfortable will make a big difference in helping them get the extra rest they need to fight infection,” says Shalini Paruthi, MD, adjunct professor at Saint Louis University School of Medicine and spokesperson for the American Academy of Sleep Medicine. As luck would have it, there are plenty of time-tested,...
How Growing Up With Siblings Has Made Me A Better Parent
AleksandarNakic/E+/Getty Images I always wanted a big family. And not just for the chaos of family dinners and plenty of people to school in Super Nintendo, but because I grew up with siblings — and I knew for sure I wanted my own kids to have that joy. While I expected sibling secrets and for my kids to have a bond with each other that I would know nothing about, I wasn’t expecting my own experience with siblings to affect my parenting so much. I was one of three, so I knew what to expect with three kids. Like that...
Sense of Humor or Coping Mechanism: TikTok Dives Into "Familial Curmudgeonitis"
TikTok “All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” Honestly, the truth in the opening lines of Anna Karenina never cease to ring true to me. The dynamics in place and perpetuated by families were often set into motions generations earlier and the unhappy ones have the unenviable task of addressing and coming out from the shadow of those traumas. But while every family is unique, there are some recurring themes from one to another, and Dr. Angelica Shiels wants us to talk about one of them a bit more. It’s formative, intergenerational, and...
As A Mom, I Can’t Accept A Redemption Arc For Serena Joy On 'The Handmaid’s Tale'
Steve Wilkie/Disney It had been nearly three years between new episodes when the sixth and final season of The Handmaid’s Tale started airing on April 8, and it seems like a glaring understatement to say a lot has happened in the world in those three years. Specifically, in the last six months or so, a lot of what’s happened in the U.S. has drawn inevitable comparisons to Gilead. It’s here, at this turbulent moment in time, when we once again meet Serena Joy — only now, we may be asked to look at her through a forgiving lens for the...