Gary Hershorn/Corbis News/Getty Images We were standing in line to ride Frozen Ever After in Disney World when the couple behind us began to argue. They needed to get in line for the Ana and Elsa meet and greet and then get to their lunch reservation at the Coral Reef restaurant by 11 a.m. if they were ever going to make it to the Bippity Boppity Boutique for their afternoon appointment. Did they need to leave the line, or would they have time for the ride? Things got heated and snippy, while their two girls looked pained as their parents...
How To Lean Into Your Granny Era With Some New "Old Lady" Hobbies
AleksandarNakic/E+/Getty Images Everyone I know is currently leaning into their granny era. They’re baking bread, they’re making quilts for their babies, they’re spending a whole lot of time making jam in their kitchens while listening to 50 Cent — the millennials are tired. And in a world where doomscrolling seems to be the #1 hobby for most of us, it’s time to lean into some old lady hobbies and take back our lives. The thing about these hobbies is that they’re all about making something. Maybe that something will take a few tries to get right, or maybe you’ll finish...
What's Happening To The "Because I Said So" Parents Now?
Instagram / @heyjanellemarie “Why? I’ll tell you why, because I said so!” Sound familiar? “Because I said so,” is a staple of boomer parenting vocab. It exemplifies all of the parenting behaviors we’ve left in the past: the idea that children’s thoughts and feelings don’t matter, and that parents are always, without fail, correct. Millennials’ parenting style has changed, and their relationships with their parents have, too. Simply put, they’re no longer standing for their boomer parents’ inconsiderate behavior — leading many to establish boundaries, and even go no contact with family members who won’t respect them. As you might...
Department Of Education Takes Back Billions In Funds Recently Promised To State School Systems
BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images Secretary of Education Linda McMahon informed states last Friday that money many had been counting on for the coming year was — after a whiplash back and forth — no longer on the table. Shortly after wide scale shutdowns in mid-March of 2020, Congress established the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) Fund, which provided state-level grants to provide schools with emergency relief funds to address the impact of the pandemic. As of February 2025, approximately $4.4 billion of $201.3 billion remained unspent. Though these reserves were initially meant to be liquidated by January 28, 2025,...