TikTok It’s one of the most dreaded refrain new parents hear. “Love every minute of it!” “You’re going to miss all of this!” “You’re going to wish they were this little again! Just wait until they’re [whatever age], you’re going to be longing for these days!” Honestly, it’s not exactly something anyone wants to hear after three collective hours of sleep with a shoulder full of spit-up and a hair full of dry shampoo. That’s not to say a child’s early years are all bad: there’s a lot to enjoy! And TikTok creator Annie of PNW Doulas (@pacificnwdoulas) has a...
Do College Kids Still "Go Out"? One Millennial Relives Early 00s Party Life
jennaabarclay / TikTok Let’s go back in time for a second. It’s 2005. You’re blasting, “Lose Control” by Missy Elliott from your dorm as you straighten your hair that will surely be burnt to a crisp. You have a mixed drink of Gatorade and Burnett’s Vodka. You’re pre-gaming for the pre-game, and life is good. One millennial on TikTok, Jenna Barclay, who posts tons of nostalgic content, asked her followers if they knew if kids these days still “went out” on the weekends like we used to do, or if things have changed in the past couple of decades. “Like...
Mom Wants To Know AITA For Shutting Down Her Mom's Grandma Name
Ivan Pantic/E+/Getty Images The politics of grandparent names are weird. Which grandma gets to be Mimi and who is stuck with Nana? Which one is Grandpa and which one is “Grandpa [First Name]”? Who decides all of this? The grandparents? The parents? The child? If opinions there differ, things can get heated pretty quick, as recently happened in a post on our very favorite subreddit “Am I The Assh*le.” Redditor Dazzling-Nose-2781 has been thinking about starting a family recently. Her mother says she does not want to be called “grandma,” which, OK! Sure! There are plenty of options out there...
Woman Says Dogs Should Be Allowed Everywhere That Babies Are Allowed
Subway Takes With Kareem Rahma Well, the discourse surrounding “kid-friendly” places in the world has certainly taken an interesting turn. One woman decided that dogs should be allowed in every single place that babies are allowed (aka everywhere?) because, according to her, dogs may be better behaved than tiny humans. This dog mom’s “hot take” went viral in an installment of the popular internet series, Subway Takes with Kareem Rahma, where Rahma asks people for their polarizing opinions while riding the New York City subway. This particular episode caused quite an uproar with several internet users responding with their own...