Stefania Pelfini, La Waziya Photography/Getty Images Discovering fleas almost always starts in the same gross manner: Your precious furbaby is lying on its preferred parent, getting the good scratches, when something jumps on you. A tiny black speck lands on your hand, your arm, or (god forbid) your face. Ack! You might brush it off at first. Then you notice pink spots on your kiddo. Or you walk across the carpet, and your white socks end up speckled with black, bouncing dots. Suddenly, you’re itchy all over, and every time your cat scratches itself, you shudder. You try to remember...
12 Ways To Get Your Kids To Care Less About "Stuff," According To Experts
Zero Creatives/Getty Images There’s no denying that peak consumerism hits during the winter holidays. Who among us doesn’t wonder at least once during the month of December if we’ve accidentally raised a little Veruca Salt or Dudley Dursley? But our kids’ tendency to want, want, want doesn’t magically disappear once the holidays are over or cease to exist outside of their ever-growing Christmas wish list. Even an everyday grocery store errand can include unexpected gift requests and meltdowns when the answer is “no.” Silver lining (yes, please, we need hope): Experts say these experiences — and the conversations that happen in...
30 Gifts For Moms Happily In Their Homebody Era
Janina Steinmetz/Getty Images There comes a point in every mom’s life when she craves the quiet comfort of home. Or, hell, maybe there’s no such thing as quiet in her home — maybe it’s the cozy chaos of being surrounded by the people she loves dearly and all the sentimental bric-à-brac she’s collected over the years that she longs for whenever she has to leave the house. But whether it’s a mood she slips into daily or just something she feels creeping into her bones more and more every year, your favorite mom can probably relate. She’s leaning into her...
"Why Did I Buy An Elf 11 Years Ago?" & 23 Other Holiday Confessions
Anna Barclay/Getty Images News/Getty Images ‘Tis the season for hot cocoa, Christmas movies, and waking up in a cold sweat at 3 a.m. because you forgot to move the Elf on the Shelf. Look, this is the most wonderful time of the year for a lot of people, but it’s also a time full of budgets and stress and extended family events that make you want to scream. And as December flies by (seriously, where did this year go?), the moms are ready to confess. So if you’re also panicking about what to get your kids for the holidays —...