Monica and Rachel were fighting over who got the last condom. They stood in the bathroom, playing rock paper scissors, as Richard and Ross waited outside of their girlfriends’ respective bedrooms. The studio audience roared with laughter and I smiled, too, as much at the familiarity of a Friends episode as at the dialogue. Then I glanced at my 10-year-old daughter, who was curled up on the other end of the couch, a quizzical expression on her face. She looked at me. “What’s a condom?” Hannah asked. A few months earlier, Hannah asked me if she could watch Friends. I...
11 Of The Most Relatable Single Moms In Movies
Universal Pictures; 20th Century Fox; Sony Pictures; 20th Century Fox When I was a kid, I wanted to be a single mom. I assumed I would be a single mom. I didn’t know how I would get kids (that came later), but I knew I wanted to live on my own with them and run my own show because my mom was a single mom who made it look fun to me. I liked the stories she told about herself as a single mom. I liked that people thought she was brave and independent. I did, in fact, become a...
Great Grandmother Reminds Young Moms To Live In The Moment
TikTok / @torchyswinson2 It can be easy to get swept up in the day-to-day chaos of family life. Let’s face it, it’s hard to stop and smell the roses when you have to plan out school pick-up, sports drop-off, tonight’s dinner, tomorrow’s lunch and everything in between. Sometimes, we all could use a little reminder to live in the moment. That’s why Torchy Swinson posted this video on TikTok, reaching out to young moms, as a reminder to take a deep breath in, and cherish this period of their lives. “I just want to tell you something,” she said. “It’s...
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear Bans Conversion Therapy For LGBTQ+ Kids
Lexington Herald-Leader/Tribune News Service/Getty Images In a major win for LGBTQ+ kids, Democratic Governor of Kentucky, Andy Beshear, banned the use of conversion therapy on minors in the state on Wednesday. The practice is widely regarded as dangerous in the medical community, and is already banned in 22 states and Washington, D.C. Beshear used his executive powers to override the Republican majority in the legislature, which had repeatedly blocked attempts to enact a law banning the practice. “My faith teaches me that all children are children of God,” Beshear said at a signing ceremony for the executive order. “And where...