The unofficial start of summer begins! Whether or not your kids return to school on Tuesday, one thing is for sure: It's time for summer eating. Whether you're dining al fresco, picnicking on the beach, or taking cover from rain this wee…
I adore a good outdoor party in the summertime, but can be intimidated out of hosting a bigger crowd. After all, there's a lot to think about: perfectly mixed drinks, Instagram-able desserts, that one vegetarian family that only eats bla…
Every year, I take a look at the Environmental Working Group's report on the best safe sunscreens for kids and babies . This list measures popular brands against the EWG's standards, including everything from worrisome ingredients to fal…
The second I saw those big pink balloons in early images flooding media from the Manchester Arena last night, without knowing a single other thing about the story, I thought, Oh my God...whatever happened, there are children there . It w…
As a busy parent, I rely heavily on household hacks. In fact, I would say just about everything I do around the house involves some sort of easy hack or trick or clever time-saver . But some tricks work better than others, and some you w…
When our editor, Stacie, asked me to look into how to clean burnt cookie sheets, I wondered if my husband had called her to stage an intervention. I use and abuse my cookie sheets, also known as rimmed baking sheets, and as a result, the…
If you've never tried yoga, I get it. I was there once too. From the outside, it either looks like a torturous exercise regimen for slender, flexible folks in really expensive stretch pants...or, a hippie-dippy religion that will demand …
Even your favorite salads, filled with all of your favorite things, will get boring sometimes. It’s just a thing that happens. Luckily, it’s easy to make them interesting again — you just have to add in some seriously surprising ingredie…
THE DANGER OF FIDGET SPINNERS is appearing all over our newsfeeds and splashing across subject lines flooding our inboxes. Hm, why are we not shocked? It was inevitable that the number of articles about the fidget spinner craze (hey, our…
Summer break will be here in just a minute, but there are some things you can start planning now to help make sure your kids don't hit the summer slide on their reading and math skills over the break. Research shows that most kids lose a…
With the weather getting warming and my kids spending the afternoons playing outside , we're starting to see a lot more bug bites on their tender, sensitive skin. Mean ones. The kind that turn bright red, itch like crazy, and keep them u…
If you've watched the news recently, you've probably heard a disconcerting story or two about air travel passengers -- which can be all the more troubling when the story involves parents flying with young children who were subject to rul…
I'm coming up on my 25thish anniversary of my first visit from Aunt Flo. And over that those 2.5 decades, I've had the same exact routine every month: tampons and pads. I wasn't necessarily looking to spice things up in that department, …
So, apparently, there are enough instances of avocado hand , a serious slash to the hand obtained while attempting to cut an avocado, that one hospital in England reports that it treats an average of four people per day for the injury. B…
As a food professional, I used to always get asked what I love to cook most or what my “specialty” is (spoiler alert: I don’t have one). Now that I have kids, the question is what do I cook for my family. I have the knowledge to cook mos…
Spring cleaning can be a beast. Just the thought of getting everything tidier and cleaner -- whatever shape your home is in now -- can be so overwhelming, it can be hard to know where to start. So we reached out to household cleaning exp…
My sister has been raving about Aldi for a while now, but I’ve been unsure. While I love a good deal, I tend to be skeptical of bargain food. But, last year, Aldi announced a new commitment to gluten-free and organic foods, and stricter …
Okay, parents. Let's talk 13 Reasons Why and whether your kids should be watching it. Because, no doubt, your kids are doing just that. And now that it's been picked up for a second season on Netflix, the question about whether your kids…
As parents, we're our kids' biggest fans, right? That's why a lot of us tend to compliment them. A lot. Whether it's the first time they learn to ride a bike, the masterpiece they created in art class, a stellar report card, or even that…
My boys have been cooking alongside me ever since they were little. But now that they're older and I'd love for them make their own breakfast , prep their own snacks, and put together their own lunches from time to time, I'm finding it h…
I admit it: I refer to our family kitchen as my kitchen. And then I wonder why my kids aren't more helpful with the cooking. Hmm. My boys have been cooking alongside me for ages, but now that they are getting older, I want them to be mor…
If you ask me, guacamole should be its own food group. I love a classic version, a tropical one with pineapple or mango, and -- my favorite -- guacamole with smoky chipotles and gobs of shredded sharp cheddar. You kind of can't go wrong …
As someone who left a full-time advertising career behind to become a writer, website publisher, and public speaker -- all while raising tiny children , all while being the sole earner in my household -- I totally get how scary it is to …
Even the most skilled cooks -- professional chefs included -- experience mishaps from time to time. It's not beyond us pro cooks for the soup to turn out too spicy, salty, bland, or thin. Or for the birthday cake to be stuck in the pan. …