@mallorysholar / TikTok I come from a long line of hoarders. Like, you could barely move in my great aunt’s home because you’d run into a giant pile of Time magazines from the 70s. My parents are slightly the same way (mostly my dad) who saved his lunchbox from childhood and every single baseball hat he’s ever procured. I, on the other hand, want to get rid of everything all the time. I am constantly throwing away my daughter’s knick-knacks (that she doesn’t play with) or selling things on Facebook Marketplace. Clutter overwhelms me. I’m sure my therapist could sort...
A Mom Explains Exactly How She Teaches Her Kids To Respond To An Apology
TikTok / @hangingformorepodcast We teach our kids a lot about how to apologize to others. But do we teach them very much about how to accept an apology when someone else is in the wrong? A lot of parents don’t think much about it, and other people of all ages don’t really know the right way to give and receive apologies in the first place. Over at the Hanging For More Podcast, hosts and best friends Yasmina Elmerkaoui & Maggie Younan discuss everything that’s on their mind. And in a recent episode, Elmerkaoui explained in perfect clarity and succinctness how...
A Woman Was Shocked By A Toddler's Behavior At A Movie Theater
TikTok/@thesam_show For many parents, catching a matinee showing of an animated Disney movie is a safe space for kids and normal kid behavior. It’s a cartoon, it’s marketed to kids, and it’s during a time when kids are out — adults can go see the later showings if they want total peace and quiet. But questions still remain for kid movie theater etiquette. What time is late enough to expect that there aren’t toddlers in the theater with you, and what kind of kid behavior is acceptable overall? One woman on TikTok, @thesam_show, had a crappy theater experience that she...
Holiday Decor Is Better Than Prozac
Ariela Basson/Scary Mommy; Shutterstock, Stocksy I’m a little late to the holiday decorating game; a week into December and I am frantically rummaging around my attic to find all the boxes I could have sworn I labeled last year. But it’s not surprising, because with four kids, a dog, a change of season and a few predictable bouts of family sickness, life always feels chaotic and stressful this time of year. I find myself feeling sluggish and irritable — often overwhelmed with thoughts of the long winter ahead where darkness comes early and my kids are stuck inside for long...