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I Didn't Need A Retreat. I Needed To Hide In A Closet.
1+ hour, 15+ min ago (783+ words) Scary Mommy I Didn't Need A Retreat. I Needed To Hide In A Closet. What I learned during a game of hide-and-seek with my daughter. Small feet slapping against hardwood. Doors being pulled open, slammed shut. Twelve. Fourteen. Fifteen. I’m…...
Back To School Is Supposed To Feel Like Relief. So Why Does It Feel So Sad?
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (488+ words) What you need to know about transition-related grief (plus, what to do about it). Who am I going to eat lunch with? Will I fit in? How do I make a good first impression? As a five-time “new kid” before…...
Finding The Mental Health Medications That Work For You Can Be a Long Process, But This Test Can Help
23+ hour, 58+ min ago (613+ words) A healthcare provider shares a tool that may help personalize mental health treatment plans for moms. As a mom, taking care of everyone else is second nature. Taking care of yourself — especially when it comes to your mental health — is…...
Back-To-School Prep Is The Invisible Load Super Bowl For Moms
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (679+ words) In this analogy, late summer class assignments are "roughing the passer." With a month until most schools ring that first bell of the school year, moms everywhere have officially entered their back-to-school era. It’s not as much fun as it…...
How Co-Parents Can Prepare For A Successful School Year
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (1011+ words) Scary Mommy How Co-Parents Can Prepare For A Successful School Year Consider this your guide for everything you need to know. For many, the most chaotic time of the year isn't the holidays, it's back-to-school season. By the time camp…...
Is Anyone Else Dreading Back-To-School Season Because Your Child Is Misunderstood There?
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (239+ words) Reminder: For kids with invisible disabilities and sensory differences, school can be brutal. Now that we’re sliding into back-to-school season, take note: Not every mom is excited to ship their kids off to school each day, and I think we…...
Men Are More Emotional Than Women
6+ day, 1+ hour ago (755+ words) There was a time when I believed it. That is, until I started dating men in their 40s and 50s. I’m so sick of hearing a man say that women are too emotional. We’ve been hearing it our whole lives; there was…...
Why You're Still Looking At Your Ex's Instagram (Even Though You're 40 And Broke Up At 16)
1+ week, 1+ day ago (629+ words) You’re often not obsessing over your ex so much as the life they represent. Psychotherapist and EduBirdie resident expert Prudence Leung has a name for this: Phantom Life Syndrome — or, put less clinically, why you’re still checking on the ex…...
Co-Parenting With A Useless Ex Is Even Harder In The Summer
1+ week, 6+ day ago (279+ words) My kids became two different versions of themselves. They didn’t want to be sissies, especially in the summer when they had less access to their friends at school and thus no barometer for coolness. They didn’t know how to be…...
What Is Competence Fatigue? Therapists Explain Why Being "The Capable One" Is So Exhausting
3+ week, 17+ hour ago (1053+ words) Being the person everyone counts on shouldn’t feel like a punishment. Therapists break down why it can start to feel like one (and what to do about it). Now, everyone expects that of you. They just assume you’ll handle it,…...