John Nacion/Getty Images Entertainment/Getty Images If you have a uterus then, barring certain medical anomalies, you will at some point deal with puberty, periods, and menopause. Oh! And also perimenopause. Unfortunately, these are subjects not often openly discussed, either in public or in families. Case in point, my spellcheck doesn’t even recognize the word “perimenopause!” Actress Hilarie Burton hopes to change that and tells People she’s starting with her kids, son Gus, 14 and daughter George, 6, whom she shares with husband Jeffrey Dean Morgan. “Being a mother, it is really important,” the One Tree Hill alum told the outlet....
Who Decided Spiders Should Be A Halloween Mascot?
I hate spiders. I’ve always hated them. When I was young, I had an awesome two-story playhouse in my yard, but Daddy Long Legs loved the wooden structure as much as I did. It seemed anytime I played in there, one would end up on me. The feeling of a creepy crawly on my person always caused me to run out screaming. And I haven’t changed my mind as I’ve aged, either. Unfortunately for me, during the Halloween season, spiders are all over the place. Sure, they’re fake but they still really, really freak me out. They’re hanging above grocery...
'It’s The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown!' Is Actually The Best Halloween Movie
‘Tis the season for giant 12-foot skeletons in yards, pumpkins galore, and endless debates. Not the presidential kind, though. The "best of Halloween" kind, where you finally learn all of your family and friends’ true feelings about things that seemed so innocent at first — like candy corn or Reese’s Pumpkins, or whether a house has scary decorations or cute ones out. You just don’t think people are going to flip out this hard over their own Halloween preferences, but when someone asks me for my opinion on the best Halloween movie, and I say, "It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie...
How Do You Measure Success As A Stay-At-Home Mom?
TikTok No matter how you go about it, being a mother isn’t easy. Moreover, every “form” of motherhood — working mom, birth mom, adoptive mom, stepmom — comes with its own set of challenges. TikTok user “Syd,” who posts as @eclectichomeschooling, recently posted a video highlighting the unique conundrums she’s experienced as a stay-at-home mom. And her musings have resonated with her followers. “Something that I think that a lot of people don’t realize about being a stay-at-home mom, whether you are a homeschool mom or your kids are young and you’re staying home with them during those years, is...