Compared to adults, children are basically aliens. They speak in tongues, engage in unimaginable rituals and have an endlessly particular set of needs. Because of this — and perhaps just as commonly, because of parental paranoia about this — all kinds of things are available in child-friendly versions, just in case...
As an extremely light sleeper, I tend to be somewhat of a jerkhead about how much sleep I get every night. And so I’ve been blessed with a partner who only kind of snores when she’s very tired and falls asleep on the couch. However, we’re both genetically...
There are many things that make someone a bad neighbor: Blasting dubstep early in the morning; demanding complete silence round the clock; encroaching on your personal time and space (no, Keith, once again, you cannot just pop in to say hi any time you like); and obviously...
Parenting a pet, no matter what kind, can be a frustrating and bewildering experience. Animals can’t tell you what they want and need (directly, at least), so we’re here to help you answer any questions you have about your favorite companion — whether they be furry, slimy,...
As a tiny green space wizard once told his somewhat whiny pupil, “You must unlearn what you have learned.” And dang, if that’s not true of so many people whose parents modeled some really bad behavior. Re-parenting is the process whereby an adult recognizes the poor example...
Single people: Do you feel like you spend a lot more than the married people you know? The data suggests that you actually do. Society is set up, in many ways, to favor couples; there are also economies of scale and lifestyle habits to consider. We took...
The single biggest predictor of a new dad getting hit with paternal depression — which involves a persistent slew of awful feelings such as sadness, lack of energy, worry, moodiness or changes in appetite, occurring within a year of the baby’s birth — is if his partner gets hit...
The concept of family members becoming romantically involved after grieving over the same loss happens more often than you might think. “It’s very biblical,” says grief counselor Amy Olshever. “That used to be what people did.” She’s right — in the Old Testament, one passage out of Deuteronomy reads as...
If you’re single and know how much your salary is, you have a good idea of how much you’re worth. And if you’re thinking of having a kid, or have one on the way, you’re probably wondering — or stressing about — how much they’ll cost. Wanna...
Parenting a pet, no matter what kind, can be a frustrating and bewildering experience. Animals can’t tell you what they want and need (directly, at least), so we’re here to help you answer any questions you have about your favorite companion — whether they be furry, slimy,...
Nowadays, most companies are more casual than ever before, which for the topic at hand, means maintaining a strictly professional relationship with the higher-ups is more difficult than ever. When the average workday involves happy-hour cocktails and late-night shop talk/gossip on Slack, forming a bond of some sort with...
When you’re a dad, parenting questions often come up that you struggle to find an answer to. Since other parents are the worst and Google will send you down a rabbit hole of paralyzing, paranoid terror, we’re here to help by putting those questions to the experts....