Sometimes you just need a little pick-me-up — or, depending on the day, a lotta pick-me-ups. Enter retail therapy. But while Amazon pretty much has a scratch for any itch, it can actually have the opposite of the desired effect. Instead of feeling a dopamine boost from a few good buys, you feel so overwhelmed by your options that you just crash out and wind up not adding anything to cart. That’s where we come in, though: Every month, Scary Mommy’s editors compare notes on the products that make our lives easier, cozier, or just a little more fun, and this...
Did You Know Dads Can Accidentally Promote People Pleasing Behavior In Their Kids?.
Codependency Kate / TikTok A licensed family and marriage therapist, Kate Gray, wants to help dads do a little better because they might be (unintentionally) making their kids into people-pleasers. In her now-viral TikTok video, Gray shares how dads might accidentally instill certain pleasing behaviors in their kids and how to stop that in its tracks. In her video, Gray points out two major ways that dads accidentally promote people-pleasing behaviors in their kids. “There are two ways that dads can accidentally promote people pleasing in their kids. I’m going to tell you the behavior, the intention, and the impact...
One Woman Asked For “Unhinged” Automated Life Hacks & The Internet Delivered
There are so many “nobody told me about this” life lessons you have to learn as you grow. As a mom of three who is fully embedded in these incredibly sweet yet incredibly hectic years, I can say for certain that nobody — and I mean, nobody — told me how many things there are to remember. And not just dates or, like, “next Friday is pajama day at school,” but also basic life necessities and friendships and bills you pay every single month. So much life hinges entirely on whether you remembered to do something or not, and when...
Meghan Trainor Isn’t Afraid To Be Silly
Sara Jaye/Getty Images Meghan Trainor is the queen of making the personal universal. That’s true whether she’s singing about self-love, talking openly about mental health, or joking about how she shares everything (and we do mean everything) with her husband, Spy Kids star Daryl Sabara. It’s that signature mix of playfulness and vulnerability that makes Trainor feel like a friend you just want to sit down with and have a marathon chat session. Her latest project, TBH, just makes us love her even more. Because *of course* she would happily spoof herself in a commercial: a cheeky State Farm spot...