Parents have been bribing children to do their chores for years. Years! In fact, I’m willing to bet that these “youth incentive programs” have been around since the dawn of mankind. (I mean, when I was growing up, you got a couple bucks a week if you made your bed, […]
‘Tis the season for hayrides and hoodies, foliage hunting and apple picking, but with cooler weather comes controversy. Domestic controversy. Why? Four words: heat or no heat? Yes. In many households across the United States, that is the question. However, one mom sought to end the annual argument when she posted […]
On Monday morning, a 7-year-old girl in McKeesport, Pennsylvania did something countless children do every day: she went to school. But it became apparent that this wasn’t a “normal” day on her bus ride home, when the young girl told her driver she couldn’t wake her parents. The driver immediately […]
Have you ever taken your kiddo to a restaurant and, minutes later, regretted that decision because your child is bored or refuses to “sit nicely?” Because — suddenly — they aren’t hungry, and nothing on the kids menu will do? Nothing seems palatable or appealing. “I don’t like mac & […]
Jimmy Kimmel is no stranger to controversy. In fact, over the course of the last few years, the comedian has managed to upset Chinese-Americans, YouTube watching Americans, and the “Let’s Play” community. But who would have thought that PB&J sandwiches would land Kimmel and the cast of Stranger Things in hot water? (Yeah. Not […]
Not a lot of women talk about the “early days” of motherhood, and for good reason. I mean, those first moments, minutes, and hours with your wee one are enchanting and beautiful, mesmerizing and hypnotizing, but you are also in so much pain — you are so damn exhausted and […]
I’ve tried to remember where I was and what I was doing the first time I had “the thought,” which is to say I’ve tried to remember the first time I Googled “pregnancy termination.” The first time I considered aborting my yet-to-be-conceived child. The moment I decided I could — and […]
When journalist and Daily Beast staff writer Olivia Nuzzi shared an article on her professional Facebook on Labor Day, she expected to receive some backlash because the article was about Donald Trump. Because the article was contentious, and because, according to Nuzzi, her “Facebook page is a cesspool of trolls […]