I set up a free-range playdate for kids in our area. Parents take turns watching the group, and we don’t hover over them as they play.
Sara Pecora took this photo from a distance during her shift as the one parent at the playground. When…
I have 5 Gen Z children in the workforce, and they don’t prioritize their careers. It made me rethink my life.
You might want to store your money in an interest-bearing bank account while waiting for mortgage rate drops. I…
I’m a financial doula. Here are 3 things new parents should budget for, plus questions they should ask themselves about money.
Setu Shah works with parents to make sure they are financially ready to have kids. When I was pregnant…
I let my 2 young kids walk to sports practice by themselves. Other kids started asking their parents if they could join them.
The author’s daughters, not pictured, walked three blocks alone to sports practice. As my daughters prepared to return to…
My friend group suddenly ghosted me without explanation, and I blamed myself. I’m still learning to trust people again.
The author, not pictured, was upset when her friends ghosted her. The phrase is most commonly used when quitting…
Elon Musk’s ‘gamification’ of government spending taps into our natural competitive instinct
It was perhaps inevitable that Elon Musk — a tech titan and a prolific gamer — would try to…
5 signs it could be time to lower your contact with a parent
Pretty much everyone has disagreements with their parents. For some, frequent arguments and ongoing tension negatively impact their lives…
I started using dating apps in my 50s and quickly grew frustrated. Coming up with the ‘burned haystack’ dating method helped.
Jennie Young created the Burned Haystack Dating Method. Jennie Young is a professor of rhetoric and women-and-gender studies at…
Josh Brolin says he uses nicotine pouches ’24 hours a day’ and sleeps with them in his mouth
Josh Brolin says he sleeps with nicotine pouches in his mouth. Josh Brolin loves his nicotine pouches and he’s…
Drone-hunting helicopters are bolstering Israel and Ukraine’s stretched air defenses
Helicopters are taking on some counter-drone missions in Israel and Ukraine to augment their strained air defenses. Here, an…