Across the country, schoolchildren are fully in “end of year” mode. They’re coming home from school wet from field day water games with backpacks stuffed to the gills with papers, books, and art ...
Father’s Day is coming in hot — and, well, you’re a mom, which means you’re probably scrambling to figure out what to get the best dads in your life. Sure, he probably says he doesn’t need ...
In some ways, it feels as though COVID has been a part of our lives forever. But in fact it’s only (“only”) been five years. While those years have been long indeed, in terms of scientific ...
Nobody wants to think about their child — any child — being abused.*TRIGGER WARNING: Childhood sexual abuse*While nobody likes to think about abuse, it’s nevertheless important for children and ...
Baby name popularity fluctuating with pop culture is nothing new. Arya skyrocketed on the baby girl charts after Game of Thrones, and many boys born in the ‘90s were named after Brad Pitt’s ...
This story is an “as told to” and anonymous. The mom in this story is a mother of four, in her 30s, living in the Southeast.I did the math recently and discovered that I have been pregnant and/or ...
I started seeing a man around my town a lot around seven years ago. We’d always stop and have a nice chat. He was shy, and really sweet. We started following each other on social media and every ...
Ask Scary Mommy is our weekly advice column wherein Scary Mommy editors and guest editors — fellow moms like you — will answer your burning questions. You can send all of your questions and ...
One thing my husband and I love to do is show our three girls some of our favorite movies from the ‘80s and ‘90s. There’s just something about locking into your own personal nostalgia while ...
I don’t know about you, but I really hate spending money on a beach bag when I know it’s just going to end up full of sand, a little damp and musty by the end of summer, and probably stained with ...
I don't know about you, but whenever summer gets close enough for the temperatures to start soaring, going to the movie theater shoots up to the top of my preferred activities list. Ice cold A/C, ...
They say you’re not supposed to discuss sex, politics, or religion in polite company. Well, as someone who has worked in the parenting space for a decade, I can tell you there are some things... ...