Michael H/Getty Images Before your child started school, you probably tried to remain realistic about their behavior and performance. You accepted that they wouldn’t always be a perfect angel — that you were destined to get a few calls from school or notes in your little one’s cubby about errant meltdowns. And if you thought your kid might be gifted, you likely spent a good bit of time and deliberation before allowing yourself to seriously consider that. But if you know your child is very bright (gifted, even), and they get to school and really seem to be struggling, well,...
When Do You Have Sex? 16 Moms Share When They Have Sex With Their Partners
Kathrin Ziegler/DigitalVision/Getty Images Sex is one of those pillars of a relationship that has been scrutinized and analyzed so much that it almost feels like you’re doing it wrong if you go against any cliché relationship advice. The one that gets me the most is “be spontaneous,” as if consistency in your sex life is a bad thing. A big part of that spontaneity comes in timing, like when you have sex or what time you have sex with your partner. It’s one thing to be young and unencumbered with children and ready to do it all over the house,...
Yes, I'm A Grown Woman & I Pay My Mom To Do My Laundry
In 2020, my mom moved a few hours north of where she raised me to live closer to me and my husband. We knew we wanted children in the coming years, and she wanted to be close to us when the time came. My mom has always said her purpose in life was to be the best mother to her children as she could – and my god has she been – and now that she lives just a two-minute drive from us, she is also the grandma of every kid’s dreams to my son. My husband and I both...
Eboni K. Williams On New Baby, Single Parenting & Repping Black Moms
Eboni K. Williams doesn’t give a damn about rules. She never has. She played by her own rules when she finished high school at age 16 and became a first-generation college graduate. She played by her own rules when she left her stable law career to pursue TV journalism. And when she took a job at Fox News, despite disagreeing with some of the network’s politics. And when she joined Bravo’s The Real Housewives of New York City, becoming the first Black cast member on the series. “Beating odds, beating statistics — shattering stereotypes has always been very important to...