A shooting near my son’s daycare center prompted us to move from California to Japan. I feel safer here.
Doi and her family relocated from California to Osaka, Japan, in 2022. My husband is Japanese and moving to his homeland was always an option. A shooting near my son’s school in Los Angeles escalated our plans. In 2019, when my son was 2, a shooting took place at a shopping mall near his daycare…
Lady Gaga said she didn’t shut down rumors that she was a man to avoid a child in the same situation feeling shame
Lady Gaga once dressed up as a man during at the 2011 VMAs. Lady Gaga said she never shut down the yearslong rumor that she was secretly a man so a child in a similar situation wouldn’t feel shame. In the new Netflix docuseries “What’s Next? The Future With Bill Gates,” Gaga, whose real name…
A 71-year-old champion sprinter didn’t start until she was 57. She shared 4 tips for getting fit at any age.
Madonna Hanna won gold at this year’s Senior Games for sprinting. When Madonna Hanna was 57 in 2010, she suddenly got the urge to run. She could already jog for an hour at a time, but she wanted to run fast. Fast forward to this year, and, at the age of 71, Hanna has plenty…
I’m about to turn 40, and people say I’ll regret being child-free. I won’t.
Jodie Humphries is 39 and child-free. I turn 40 next March, so I’m at the age where I’m relatively often asked when I’ll have kids. I’m mostly asked by older female relatives, usually at big family gatherings when my brothers’ kids are there, though some men ask me, too. The conversation turns to when my…
50 Cent taunts Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs over indictment on sex trafficking and racketeering charges. Here’s their 18-year beef explained.
Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson and Sean “Diddy” Combs have been feuding since the early 2000s. 50 Cent is at it again. The rapper’s latest taunt towards Sean “Diddy” Combs came on Tuesday with a post on X. “Here I am keeping good company with @DrewBarrymoreTV and I don’t have 1,000 bottles of lube at the…
I have digital overload from parenting a first grader. School, friend hangouts, and extracurriculars are all managed on my phone.
The author says she debates whether to delete certain apps, but then has FOMO. It’s taken me some time to realize but I have been checking my phone every 30 minutes. No, it’s not infinite scrolling — it’s mostly because I am a parent to a first grader, and I don’t have much choice. Schools,…
I tried Nestlé’s new weight-loss meals, and felt full for hours — but nutritionists have mixed reviews
The tiny new frozen pizza is a little bigger than my hand. The world’s biggest food company is going small today. Nestlé is launching new frozen meals designed for busy Americans who just aren’t that hungry anymore — or who may be interested in losing some weight via portion control. Nestlé’s newest product line “Vital…
People say having teenage daughters means they’ll hate you, but mine don’t. They just need to be heard and have a snack.
My daughters just need to feel heard. Parents are often fed the narrative that parenting pre-teens and teenagers is guaranteed to be difficult. However, I’ve fostered a healthy relationship with my two daughters, ages 12 and 13, by still having my own identity, not being afraid to apologize, and even bringing out the snacks when…
Mark Zuckerberg’s daughter August said she wanted to be like Taylor Swift one day, but he shot that down real quick
Mark Zuckerberg said his daughter, August told him that she wanted to be like Taylor Swift when she grew up after they’d attended one of Swift’s concerts. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg says his seven-year-old daughter once told him that she wanted to be like Taylor Swift when she grew up. Zuckerberg brought up a conversation…
