Dusan Stankovic/E+/Getty Images Parents are told that every moment with their children is precious. That they are in the best years of their lives. That it all goes by so fast. And yet, after a full day of parenting, it is incredibly hard to stay positive — or even to stay awake. The truth is that as much as we want to enjoy every single moment with our littles, we also have the hardest job on earth, and we’re always on the clock. Babies cry, toddlers tantrum, teenagers rebel — there’s not an easy age or stage. It’s doubtful that...
Maria Shriver Always Made Her Kids Stand Up When She Enters A Room
NBC/NBCUniversal/Getty Images Like a huge number of parents, Maria Shriver believes in the importance of teaching her children manners. But on a recent podcast episode of Making Space With Hoda Kotb, the former first lady of California and prominent member of the Kennedy family shared that one way she had her kids show her respect was by making them stand up whenever she entered the room. "I make them stand up," Shriver said. "I used to make them. Now they just do stand up." And the rule also applied to dad Arnold Schwarzenegger, and any other adult entering the room...
This Veteran Mom Shares The Top Three Mistakes She Made When Raising Her Kids
@loriscowsandstuff / TikTok I try to live my life with little regret. What’s done is done, and I can’t go back and change it. Wishing I could go back and change things about my life is unproductive (at least that’s what my therapist says!). However, when it comes to our children, moms tend to beat themselves up over their “mistakes.” One mom wanted to share things she wishes she would have done differently now that her adult children are grown, hoping to impart some wisdom to parents still in the thick of parenting young kids. “Maybe someone can learn from...
I Resent How Relieved People Are With My Weight Loss
Thomas Barwick/Stone/Getty Images I recently lost weight. I don’t know how much, but I would guess around 40 or 50 pounds. I went from wearing stretchy clothes in a size 18-20 to clothes in a size 10 or 12, so however many pounds that might be. I stayed the size of a person who could still be called “fat” by ill-meaning people when they are mad at you for other reasons. I decided to lose weight to be healthier, which I’ve said and tried before but now I’m middle-aged and all of the old reasons to lose weight — to...