Maggie / TikTok I have a vivid memory of last year’s open house at my daughter’s elementary school. She took me down the fifth-grade hallway because that’s where the art room was. While she was overjoyed to show me her painting of a toucan, I couldn’t help but notice the stench that overwhelmed my poor, innocent nose. The distinct smell of a hundred fifth graders, who were still learning the ins and outs of personal hygiene, including showering, was overwhelming. Do you have a shower battle with your own kid? One mom had had enough of the back and forth...
Snoop Dogg Bashes LGBTQ Representation In Kids' Movies
Paras Griffin/Getty Images Entertainment/Getty Images Snoop Dogg is facing controversy after making it clear that he doesn’t want his Disney films to spotlight same-sex relationships. The 53-year-old rapper was a guest on the It’s Giving podcast last week when he criticized LGBTQ representation in kids’ movies at length. The The Voice coach described bringing his grandson to the movies to see 2022’s Lightyear and not knowing what to say when the little boy asked about a lesbian couple that appears briefly in the film. He said, "They’re like, ‘She had a baby — with another woman.’ Well, my grandson, in...
This Mom Says She Doesn't Have Time For Female Friendships
Celeste Yvonne, Brooke Raybould, Liz Minella / TikTok As a mom, life gets… insane. We all know this. We’re driving kids here and there. We’re working full-time. We’re meal planning and doing laundry and just living busy lives filled with never-ending to-do lists. Despite all this busyness, I still make time to hang out with my girlfriends. I still text them regularly (I’d die without my mom group chats), and we still go out to dinner and drinks when we can. My female friendships fill my cup up in a way that my kid and my husband, and my other...
If You’re A Friend Who’s Too Busy To Get Together, But Keeps Saying You Want To Hang, Please Stop
MoMo Productions/DigitalVision/Getty Images It happened again the other day. A friend of mine who keeps reaching out to tell me how busy she is, but would love to get together, sent me the same text she’s been sending for the past six months. I’d be lying if I said it wasn’t getting to me. While I understand life gets in the way, and people get busy, I also know something else: We make time for the things that are important to us. Busy is an excuse. To me, if there’s a will there’s a way. The two of us used...