Instagram / @sheisapaigeturner Yes, husbands are helping more than ever before. So, why does it still feel like the weight of the world rests on the mother’s shoulders when it comes to parenting and household tasks? A lot of the answer rests in three words: the mental load. Even when men are picking up the slack or significantly pitching in, the women in their lives continue to be the ones managing projects, keeping track of information, and making sure every ball stays in the air. Many times, when a mom voices her complete exhaustion and overwhelm, her husband’s response is:...
‘TSITP’ Star Jackie Chung On Saying Goodbye To Messy Midlife Mom Laurel
Rikers Brothers We’re all bracing for the end of summer, sure. More pressingly, though, we’re bracing for the end of The Summer I Turned Pretty. Season 3 of the wildly popular hit Prime Video series drops on July 16, meaning it’s time to say goodbye to Cousins Beach and the characters we’ve come to know and love. Among them? Laurel — best friend to Susannah, mother to Belly and Steven, messy mid-adult woman just out here trying to live a whole-ass life without imploding. (Relatable!) I would go so far as to argue that it’s Jackie Chung as Laurel that...
A Mom Wonders If She Was Wrong For Throwing Her Kid A Low-Budget Birthday Party
Getty/Threads Maybe social media is to blame, or just an ever-escalating case of keeping up with the Joneses. But whatever the reason, kid birthday parties have gotten out of control. While it was perfectly normal for birthday parties in the 90s to consists of little more than a homemade sheet cake and a couple of fast food pizzas, today’s parties seem to require intricate themes, balloon arches bigger than a house, and renting bounce houses. So, what happens when you can’t afford to have a Kardashian-scale birthday event for you kid, but you still want to mark the occasion? One...
How Much Physical Slowdown Should I Expect In Perimenopause? Experts Explain
Daniel Llao Calvet/Getty Images In my early and mid-twenties, I jogged several times a week — though whenever asked about my exercise routine, I prefaced any talk of my miles by lamenting how slow I was. Like so much of my youth, I didn’t truly appreciate what I had while I had it. Sure, I wasn’t fast compared to the other runners in the park, but that was the fastest runner that *I* would ever be. I took a break from regular exercise (in addition to folding laundry, completing a thought, or even trying to look put together) while my...