By Laura Russin of ManVsMommy Many of you probably had wonderful mothers growing up—nurturing role models who today are still the most important women in your life. I know this to be true, as I often hear many of my friends talk about fun outings they have with their mothers […]
Summer is just about here, and that means one thing for paranoid mamas like myself: getting ready to protect your kids from the sun like they’re vampires who will spontaneously combust the second it shines upon them. If I could safely dunk my daughter into a vat of sunblock every […]
By Kathryn Leehane of Foxy Wine Pocket My husband and I had finished packing our things and were leaning against the hospital bed holding hands when the pediatrician returned from the discharge exam … without our newborn daughter. The serious expression on her face sent a wave of panic across […]
Fidget spinners are everywhere. They’re the light of every elementary and middle school kid’s life and the bane of every teacher’s (and possibly parent’s) existence. But up until now, they’ve been nothing more than a nuisance at worst. That is until May 15 when mom Kelly Joniec shared the story […]
By Laura Russin of ManVsMommy People often ask when I knew my child had ADHD and SPD. I didn’t know immediately what he had, but I knew from birth that he was different and challenging in a way that many kids were not. At two, when other parents were reducing […]
By Nicki Orser of nickiorser.com Sometimes I wish my family could just die. I mean, I don’t want them to. I don’t want them to suffer at all: no broken bones, broken hearts, bad hair. I don’t want them to ever have to wear Spanx. No boners in the middle […]
By Kimber Daley of Let’s Do Some Good Today One day, I was on the treadmill at the gym. Important side note: I never, ever thought that I would begin a story that way. You know those people who love working out? Who participated in sports in high school and […]
Makeup brushes harbor bacteria. I feel as though this is information every woman (or man) who wears makeup knows — we just don’t really want to think about it. But what you probably didn’t know is that in addition to exacerbating your adult acne, your dirty-ass makeup brushes may also […]