The fact that noise helps some people sleep is nothing new. Health providers say brown noise (bass-heavy notes) and white noise (a static-y sound) can help people fall asleep by masking outside noises and promoting relaxation. You may have also come across dating app profiles where people say a “must” is having a fan on […]
Less than a week before the presidential election, TikTok is full of daughters eager to “cancel out” their dads’ votes by casting ballots for Democrat Kamala Harris. The videos usually include a jaunty dance and the women slipping on some sunglasses. Some of the tongue-in-cheek videos feature Taylor Swift ― the ultimate avatar for “childless […]
With just two months left of 2024, the experts at BabyCenter are looking ahead to what the new year will bring to the baby naming landscape. A new report from the parenting resource identifies the trends set to influence name choices in 2025. Sports, celestial activity and a particular starting letter are among the growing […]
Children tend to pick up on a lot more than adults realize. They absorb not only what we say to them directly but also what we say around them — even when we think they’re not paying attention. That got us wondering: Are there certain topics that just shouldn’t be discussed with or in front […]
When my son was a toddler, my wife and I tried to encourage good oral hygiene by singing Raffi’s “You Brush Your Teeth” every night. The refrain, “ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch,” usually accompanied by moving a finger back and forth in front of your mouth, mimics a thorough job with a toothbrush. I’m not sure how effectively my […]
I’m shy about pooping anywhere that is not my home ― so when I’m about to go on a trip, I think about how I’ll prep my bowels to open before my friends wake up. After my morning coffee, I’m usually ready to go. But if I don’t happen to have access to coffee that […]
At age 7, while bumping along in the back of my parent’s VW bus and thoroughly immersed in Roald Dahl’s “The BFG,” I was struck with an overwhelming wave of nausea that culminated in tossing my cookies on the side of the interstate highway. Thus began my very long and arduous relationship with motion sickness. […]
If you ask people why they travel, you’ll probably get a different answer from each person. One wants to experience another culture, one is going on a bachelorette trip, one wants to make their kids better humans and another is seeing family. A reason that’s heard less often, perhaps, is to slow down biological aging. […]
Marriage is full of highs, lows and a whole bunch of ordinary moments in between. Somehow the married people on X, formerly known as Twitter, continue to find humor in the minutiae of wedded life. Every week, we round up the funniest marriage tweets on the platform. Read on for 20 relatable ones that will […]
It’s 11 a.m. on a weekday, and I am grocery shopping with my two children, at the time ages 8 and 10. I give them each a shopping list to complete on their own, and they push a child-sized cart around the store and pick up the items on the list. We regroup at the […]