Before Akira arrived, like any pregnant woman having their first child, I had so many preconceived ideas about what motherhood would be like and what my child would be like. I would be a mother ...
Because Halloween is the great equalizer. Halloween just has a vintage vibe. It’s one of those holidays steeped in nostalgia, ...
My 7-year-old is a CrossFit devotee from afar. He freezes every time we pass the one on our block to stare at the biggest muscles engaged in the most extreme act of strength training. At home, he ...
Nothing about school during the pandemic has been easy for anyone. Districts suddenly shifted to distance learning last spring with little to no prior experience. Kids without access to WiFi and ...
Managing the transition back to work after having a kid is both a learned skill and an identity shift: You are becoming a working parent. And though we don’t have a lot of public conversations ...
Discover the clever Easter egg in Bluey's latest minisode, "Browny Bear," revealing Bandit’s middle name and birthday—a ...
I woke up that morning giddy. Something big was happening in our family that day but for once it was not happening to me. I drove us to the urologist’s office, which happened to be in the same ...
On October 10, Fisher-Price and the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced the recall of more than 2.1 ...
I don’t know much about soccer, but I do know the power of feeling good & strong in your body. And I know I want that for ...
Five heavily documented teenagers describe mild embarrassment, a healthy fear of social media, and — get this — empathy for their parents. But what about their children, the kids they ...
With their first child due around Thanksgiving, TikTok power couple Jett and Campbell “Pookie” Puckett are hyping each other ...
Monday and Wednesday evenings in April, I find myself on a school soccer field in outer Southeast Portland, rain or shine. First, we set up the cones to mark the boundaries of the pitch, then more ...