Most moms are familiar with how vacations with kids go: You are cooking, cleaning, and looking after your kids the same as always, just in a different environment. While you might be surrounded by palm trees or sitting by a pool, you still have all of the same duties and worries and invisible labor as usual. In other words, it’s more like a trip. One way to escape this issue is by picking a kid-friendly, all-inclusive resort for your vacay. While they might look spendy at first because you’re paying for everything at once, including food, the stay, and the...
Why Does My Cat Rub Their Teeth Against Me? It's Actually So Sweet
Yuliya Taba/E+/Getty Images I’ve been lucky to always have super affectionate cats as pets. Like, climb into your lap every chance they get, purr right into your ear, knock you over for the chance to get a little petting — all of the normal love signs. But the cat we adopted at 3 years old several years ago is, without a doubt, a cat who feels best by constantly reminding us how much he loves us. Whether it’s climbing into our arms to be carried around the house like a baby or sitting on my husband’s shoulders as he watches...
Reese's Releases A Limited Edition Peanut Butter & Jelly Cup
Instagram All reasonable people know it: there is no greater candy than a Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup. Why do you think parents always steal those out of their kids’ Halloween candy first? The sweetness of the chocolate, the earthy richness of the peanut butter, the texture (oh my God, the texture), the thrill of nostalgia you get every time you sink your teeth into one. There’s nothing that can beat it… but bless those confectionary angels at Reese’s because they’re going to try anyway. Hershey’s recently announced a limited-edition version of the classic treat — Reese’s PB&J Big Cups. And...
Maybe Let's Cool It With Our "Core Memory" Ambitions
DisneyKids | YouTube I’ve been a parent for 13 years and in that time I’ve seen a number of new terms coined or popularized. “Gentle parenting.” “Spirited child.” “Crunchy Mom”( and her counterpart, “Silky Mom”). And then there’s “Core Memory,” which debuted in Pixar’s Inside Out. Far be it from me to even give the appearance of besmirching this basically perfect movie, but I have mixed feelings about how we’ve made “core memory” a thing. So much so that I wonder if it might be better if we let this term go the way of Bing Bong. For those of...