The Invisible & Emotional (& Deeply Sentimental) Labor of Kids Clothes

You know those TikTok “Clean With Me” videos where some woman does a voiceover that’s like, “My anxiety has been really bad lately and that’s why there’s 8,000 loads of laundry on my floor,” and she’s trying to normalize digging through the pile? That’s not what this is about — but I definitely relate...

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I Share Grocery Shopping With A Mom Friend & It's Changed Everything

A few months ago, I was enjoying an adult beverage with my new-ish friend Julia when she mentioned that every Monday she goes grocery shopping at the Berkeley Bowl, a beloved East Bay institution that is half produce. My son likes to brag that just the apple section of Berkeley Bowl is the size of...

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How To Make Time For Sex, Even When Your House Is Full Of Tiny People

Owen Franken/Corbis Documentary/Getty Images Prioritizing our sexual connection has been one of the most valuable moves my partner and I have made, as both partners and parents. But when we brought our newborn baby home, sex was the last thing on either of our minds. We had been through a dayslong...

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I’m An Only Child, & I’m Jealous But So Happy That My Kids Have Each Other

Growing up, I used to beg my parents to have another baby. “Please,” I would plead with them, “I need a brother or sister!” I really wanted a sister when I was younger, but as I got older, I would take any sibling. Someone else who shared at least some of the same DNA and lived in the same house as...

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This Place Has The Coolest Items To Upgrade Your Kids' Rooms As They Grow

Society6 There comes a moment in every parent’s life — generally around the time a kid starts kindergarten — when the lovingly designed nursery you poured so much manic nesting energy into begins to look in need of a serious glow-up. After all, children don’t just age out of cribs and changing tables;...

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What It Really Means To Be A Cycle Breaker

Milan_Jovic/E+/Getty Images "We see you, cycle breakers." I encounter this phrase regularly on TikTok and instagram and I am, without a doubt, the target audience. Like so much modern-day online parenting content, at its best the term inspires solidarity and a shared vulnerability. Coming from actual...

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The L.A. Fires Destroyed Everything We Had. Where Do We Go From Here?

Photos Courtesy of Writer I peered out in the dark, the barely begun Eaton fire still miles away from our house: “If our house burned down, what would you miss the most?” “Kira. All of Altadena would have to burn down for our house to burn. Our house will be fine,” my husband said, squeezing my hand. We...

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