TikTok / @beccamarottaa Deciding what to have for dinner every night is hard enough as is (can you believe we have to do this every day for the rest of our lives?). Add a picky eater or two to the mix, and you’re playing chess instead of checkers. We know you’ve done your darnedest to convince your picky eater that chicken is still tasty in non-nugget form. But, if your best efforts have failed to yield results, it might be time to let your kid, and their selective palette, take the reigns, like mom and TikToker Becca Marotta. “Welcome to...
Why Terrible Tweens Are The New Terrible Twos
Connect Images/Igor Emmerich/Getty Images When you have a baby, the most common thing people do is warn you about the most awful milestones they’ll have growing up. As if listing them off when your baby is a newborn will somehow better prepare you for what’s ahead. They always mention teething days, the terrible twos, and the rebellious nature of the blossoming teenager. But no one, and I do mean NO ONE, ever warned me about the emotional, angst-ridden, social-media-fueled attitude that is the terrifying tween — and for me, so far, it’s worse than all the other stages combined. Seriously,...
11 Books We Had No Business Reading As Kids
The focus on reading in the ‘90s was huge for our generation. From Accelerated Reader programs to personal pan pizzas from the Book It! Pizza Hut club, any kid with a book in their hand was basically the best kid ever. Which means we got away with reading a lot of nonsense. I wasn’t allowed to watch Scream when I was 10, but I was already reading books titled The Dollhouse Murders, you know? There are so many books we had no business reading as kids, but we just kept flipping the pages — so we made a list of...
I'm A Band Mom. Turns Out We're Just As Intense As Sports Moms.
Freemixer/Getty Images It’s the fourth quarter of my son’s first basketball game, and we are down by eight points. Tensions are high amongst the parents wedged together on tiny bleachers. The opposing team makes another basket, and a mom screams, “Hey, ref! I guess we’re just not calling back court now?!” Did I mention these kids are second graders, and the referee in question looks like he just attended his middle school graduation? I’m not new to the insanity, er, enthusiasm of kids’ sports culture. My daughter decided she liked softball, and I’ve shown up for every game over the...