AzmanL/Getty Images There are about a million reasons the holidays can be one of the most stressful times of the year. The mental load of making sure your kid has a joyful season, the cooking, cleaning, childcare… it’s a lot. And one thing I’d like to add to the anxiety of the holidays? The potential stress of family. Let me start off by saying this: I love my family. My parents are incredibly supportive people who would drop anything to help me, my spouse, or our daughter. But in the past decade or so, my relationship with my dad, in...
11 New Family Movies To Watch While Everyone's Home On Holiday Break
Amazon MGM Studios All year long, we look forward to the holidays and the togetherness they bring. The kids usually get a pretty decent school break, and parents often find time to take a few days off, too. And while it’s tempting to try to fit every single seasonal bucket-list thing on your list, the truth is you’re also tired — moms are the makers of magic, the keepers of the holiday spirit. We’re so busy making sure everything is festive and fun for everyone else that the real gift for us is finding something to do with your family...
How Much Period Products Have Changed Since We Were Kids Is Honestly Wild
Isabel Pavia/Getty Images If you’re preparing for your little one to get their first period, you might unexpectedly uncover some deep-seated, menstrual-related trauma that had long been buried in the crevices of your brain. For me, it was starting my period at 10, way before any of my friends, when I barely knew what a period was, let alone how to manage the heavy bleeding, headaches, and cramps that had me doubled over in pain each month. Worrying about tucking tampons and pads into my pants and/or boots as a tween still haunts me decades later, especially since the societal...
This Mom Shared Her Elf On The Shelf Hack Gone Wrong On TikTok
TikTok / @chelseaaa0908 The holiday season can be exhausting for parents, so nobody can blame you for wanting to skip out on a certain labor-intensive tradition. Organizing an Elf on the Shelf is notoriously a ton of work, but one mom’s understandable attempt to explain it away didn’t exactly go as intended, either. In a TikTok, Chelsea Rice responded to another mom who complained that she had to get an Elf on the Shelf because her kids were asking why the elf visited their classmates and not them. “Before I became a parent, I already knew I was never going...