When it comes to all the little things moms spend money on every month, it goes without saying that November is largely devoted to last-minute holiday shopping. But you know what? Regular ol’ mom life doesn’t exactly slow down this time of year, either. In fact, it finds a way to work itself into our Amazon carts even more as the pace of the holiday season picks up. We’re preparing our kids for big transitions, we’re fighting off seasonal affective disorder with some punchy new gym gear, we’re stocking the pantry with snacks (a given, always) — the list goes...
10 Sports Kids Can Start Later In Life — Because Preschool Soccer Was A Hard No
Camille Tokerud/Stone/Getty Images It comes at you fast — one day you have a toddler who is just mastering using the bathroom solo, and then you look up and all their little compatriots are signed up for Soccer Shots and tumbling classes. Are we really starting sports this early? When it feels like Pop Warner football, competitive cheer, soccer, and other sports start so young, what sports can you start later in life as a kid — when you actually know what you’re interested in? You know, the kind that not everyone started at age 3 so you actually have a...
Instagram Introduces A Reset Button
simon2579/E+/Getty Images I’ve had Instagram for over ten years. Through those ten years, I’ve followed, unfollowed, liked, saved, and shared more posts than I could count. It has to be in the hundreds of thousands. Through all my activity on Instagram, an algorithm of who I am and what I like, specifically sorted for me through AI, was born. At this point, Instagram knows I’m a Taylor Swift-loving, book-reading, liberal mom from middle America who loves cooking videos and 90s nostalgia. So, what if I wanted Instagram to forget all that? What if somehow my algorithm had taken a weird...
The "I Don't Like That" Game Is A Must For Kids (& Some Adults)
TikTok Learning to be a person is a lifelong task and, honestly, it can be hard. Most of us are pretty messy and complicated, so learning how to handle our own weirdness is challenging, particularly when it comes to interacting with other messy, complicated people. And as parents, it’s up to us to teach our own kids how to move through the world. TikTok creator and mom of two boys Kate (@kelsewhatelse) has come up with a fantastic strategy to help kids navigate tricky social situations. Specifically: what do you do in the face of opposing opinions? “Let’s play the...