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I love middle grade books and always have, but having my own 11-year-old means I get to...
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Netflix As someone who is always game for a little late-night brainmelting via binge-watching, I love to...
svetikd/E+/Getty Images I’m fairly sure my parents had no idea where I was 80% of the time...
CPSC.gov Back in the ’80s and early ’90s, kiddie pools were basically puddle-sized and it didn’t take...
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Elena Zaretskaya/Moment/Getty Images Kids have big feelings. That’s kind of their thing. Big, messy, chaotic feelings that...
TikTok Pretty much every parent I’ve met (myself included) likes to avoid punishing their kids whenever possible....
kali9/E+/Getty Images Moms feeling lonely isn’t anything new. In any Facebook group, Instagram reel, or Reddit thread,...
Max/Warner Bros. I’ve always known that I talk about being a mom a lot or maybe even...
When I texted my 12-year-old niece to ask what the cool kids want when they head back...
Amazon Every posh fashion find on this list looks like it would come with a high price...
Paramount It’s been eight years since the last theatrical Smurfs movie — back when my kids were...
