TikTok Most stay-at-home moms have heard that dreaded question: “So, what’s the plan for you once the kids are in school?” You couldn’t possibly sit around all day eating bonbons while the kids are away! Society thinks you must get a job, ma’am! One mom noted that even when her kids are all in school, being a working mom or a single parent is no joke. She’s calling out every single person who thinks that SAHMs can go right back into the workforce full-time once all their kids are in school. And after watching her video, she gives some compelling...
Pediatric Speech & Language Pathologist Urges “Don’t Be A Cop During Playtime”
TikTok Playing with babies and toddlers can be hard. Their brains, respectfully, are soup. No shade! They’re supposed to have a big ol’ bowl of lukewarm chowder up there — everything is still squishy and growing, and they have to learn literally everything. Of course, as their parents, we want to help educate them about the basics like colors, shapes, and all that. But pediatric speech and language pathologist Nicole Druckman, who posts on TikTok as @speecheasy has some advice: don’t be a cop during playtime with your kids. What does that mean, exactly? Well, specifically don’t interrogate your children...
If You Let Your Kids Run Wild In Someone Else’s House, You’re A Jerk
Catherine Falls Commercial/Moment/Getty Images I heard the comments when my kids were young and I hear them now that they are old enough to know other peoples’ homes aren’t jungle gyms: “Did you see how she just let her kids run wild?” “She doesn’t even watch them in someone else’s house?” “Her kids were jumping all over the place and putting their dirty little hands on everything.” I get it, looking after your kids, especially when they’re on unknown territory where everything is new and excited is fucking exhausting. It takes work. You feel like you’re repeating yourself. And what...
Study: Over Half Of Trans Youth Consider Moving States Due To Politics
Sue Dorfman/ZUMA Press Wire/Shutterstock As an unprecedented number of anti-LGBTQ+ laws pass in state legislatures across the United States, a new report from The Trevor Project and The Movement Advancement Project (MAP) has found that LGBTQ+ youth and their families are considering fleeing their home states to escape such discriminatory policies. The joint study found that nearly half (45%) of trans and nonbinary people, and nearly two in five (39%) LGBTQ+ youth reported considering moving to a different state due to their home state’s LGBTQ+ politics or laws. Another 4% reported already having moved. State-level legislation has created a vastly...