Budget Bytes I love a good holiday meal. Whether it’s to eat with friends and family or enjoy by yourself on the couch, there’s just something so fun about choosing a dinner or snack based on the holiday. For St. Patrick’s Day, that means you can eat a whole bunch of delicious things full of Irish flavors… and, obviously, Lucky Charms. These St. Patrick’s Day recipes include everything from hearty, stick-to-your-ribs dinners to fun desserts you can take to your kiddo’s class or enjoy as a family, and you’re going to want to make every single one of them. And...
12 Children's Books About Moving To Help With This Big Transition
jeffbergen/E+/Getty Images Moving is a Herculean task for adults. The decluttering, packing, the actual act of lugging boxes to and fro, cleaning, and much more go into leaving one place and setting up in the next — and that’s to say nothing of all the emotions involved. It’s also a major transition for kids at any age, to leave a place they’re so comfortable and find themselves in a new room, new school, and new town. Children’s books about moving can’t take all that away, but they can make it clear that everything your child feels during your move is...
Is Intermittent Fasting Bad For You? What A Women’s Health Expert Thinks
Vera Vita/Getty Images Every once in a while, a trendy new "wellness" term emerges — paleo, keto, and intermittent fasting populate magazine headlines, with experts arguing about their benefits and drawbacks. All that noise often makes it challenging to adopt a critical lens and understand what may be valuable for each of us personally, given the characteristics that make us unique individuals, like our sex, age, and pre-existing medical conditions. Intermittent fasting is a dietary routine that may have advantages for the right individuals, but it could be damaging for others. And while it’s been a hot topic in health...
Study: Parenting Might Keep The Brain Young
Patamaporn Umnahanant/E+/Getty Images Kids are rather adept at making you feel old as hell. They just love to say things like, “What’s a VHS?” and “Mom, what was it like to grow up in the 1900s?” And, yeah, they are most likely the cause of some stress-induced graying. But, it turns out that, while they might make you feel geriatric, they’re actually helping to keep your brain young. The study, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, found that parenthood appears to have a protective effect on brain function, and that the impact even increases with each...