Parenting

As someone who grew up with every kind of pet, from your standard dogs and cats to horses, chickens, cows, and even, once, a raccoon, I have used my f...

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Javier Zayas Photography/Moment/Getty ImagesChances are you know someone with polycysitc ovary syndrome, or PCOS — it affects roughly 10% to 13% of wo...

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When the warmer months hit, I — a self-proclaimed plant nerd and avid gardener — spend as much time out there pulling weeds and watering as possible....

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Marc Romanelli/Tetra images/Getty ImagesThere’s a specific moment in every mom’s life (sometimes it happens more than once) where it suddenly hits you...

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Goodboy Picture Company/E+/Getty ImagesMy oldest started middle school this year, and while it has been a wonderful transition from elementary school,...

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FreshSplash/E+/Getty ImagesI woke up again this morning to a quiet house. I told myself I should be used to this feeling, again, but the truth is I do...

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Some things on Amazon may seem weird on the surface, but once they show up in the mail you realize they’re exactly what you’ve been missing. From fun...

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Juan Silva/Stockbyte/Getty ImagesIt’s a thing I’ve shouted at my children, a thing I’ve begged them to do, a thing I’ve whispered when I’m completely...

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Maria Korneeva/Moment/Getty ImagesI know the ‘90s were a wildly different time to raise kids, so of course motherhood today is going to look different...

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Petri Oeschger/E+/Getty ImagesThe best day of my kids’ life was one of the worst of mine.“Sweetie, Daddy is going to pick you up from preschool today,...

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Natalia Lebedinskaia/Getty ImagesThe grief of losing a parent is indescribable. You end up mourning not just the person you lost, but the person you w...

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Decluttering your home is supposed to make life easier, although sometimes the process makes you want to scream into a pillow. But I’m happy to tell y...