Christian Adams/The Image Bank/Getty Images If you’re a parent, there’s a high likelihood that you’ve dealt with low libido — or, let’s be real, a complete lack of a sex drive, period. Between giving your full attention to work and kids during the day and the exhaustion of shouldering such a heavy mental load, of course parents are flagging by the time the opportunity to be intimate arises. So what if eating one little gummy could bring the excitement back into your bedroom? THC and CBD gummy brands advertise their products as good for boosting libido. But do they really...
Having A Baby In The Netherlands Changed Everything I Thought About Motherhood
MesquitaFMS/Getty Images Before becoming a parent, I was overwhelmed by the idea. As I saw it growing up, motherhood demanded sacrifices I wasn’t willing to make: losing time, setting aside ambition and even your sense of self to become “mom.” Instead, I focused on my career, spending seven years building my business. Spending nights working on my financial education platform and early mornings recording my podcast felt far more fulfilling than contemplating motherhood. But in 2023, after moving to the Netherlands from the United States to continue my career growth, the surprising yet welcome news of my first pregnancy came....
One Mom's Helpful Tip For Combatting Learned Helplessness In Kids
Instagram / @mrs._colleen_b “I can’t.” “It’s too hard.” “I just don’t know how.” If these are phrases are among your child’s most frequently used, they might be experiencing learned helplessness. Learned helplessness occurs when someone adopts the belief that they’ll always be unsuccessful in solving a problem. Fortunately, anything learned can be unlearned, and Colleen Borgert has a helpful tip for parents to combat learned helplessness in kids. Borgert is a mom and teacher, who goes by @mrs._colleen_b on Instagram. She recently posted a Reel sharing how she deals with learned helplessness in her classroom, and her own home. First...
How Criticism Of Other People Can Hurt Your Child's Self Esteem
TikTok “If you don’t have something nice to say, don’t say anything at all.” We’ve all heard it at some point, many of us probably from our parents. But that’s not to say our parents were always practicing what they preached. And hey, nobody’s perfect, but it’s also important to be mindful about what messages we’re sending our kids. TikTok user Casey Smith (@bigsiscasey)offers a warning of how more extreme cases of being critical of other people — not just our kids, but anyone — can adversely affect our children and their sense of self. “Emotionally immature parents are egocentric...