The first and only phone message I’ve gotten from my kid’s elementary school this year was about parking lot safety reminders ...
When the fires first started to burn, Velasquez tells me she felt “what everyone was feeling: helpless.” She couldn’t stand just watching anymore, and that’s when she started organizing donations.
And I know the feeling of freedom can go away at any time — a medical diagnosis, job loss, even relationships. There are many ...
In my work with parents who are caring for a child with an eating disorder, I’ve become keenly aware of the language we use when talking about kids and food. Our words can shape our attitudes ...
“If I could get an IV of Diet Coke, I would,” Daryl-Ann Denner tells me over Zoom. We’re sitting in our respective kitchens sipping on large Diet Cokes, also known as “LDCs” to the ...
When Trump won in 2016, there was a groundswell movement to protect women's rights. Suddenly there were seemingly endless books and think pieces about where women go from there, and how to raise ...
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Because we all know we’re supposed to foster our kids’ independence, but sometimes it’s easier said than done. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex rounded out their four-day trip to Colombia with ...
I had a miscarriage a month into my first pregnancy, and like most women, I had no idea how to talk about it at work. I mean, really, I had no idea how to talk about it anywhere, or not without ...