Mom moves into sister’s house with iPad kids, gets annoyed when she limits screentime and gives them routine: ‘I send them to bed at 8 PM’

Few people enjoy being told how to parent, but sometimes interventions are necessary. Sadly, many parents seem to think the task of parenting begins and ends with producing the kids. Anyone who has observed how children work knows that this couldn’t be further from the truth: it is a full-time job parenting kids who are …
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17-year-old refuses to wake his stepmother up after she sleeps through all of her alarms: ‘I am a teenager and she is a 36 year old women.’

She should’ve learned how to get herself up in the morning by the time she was 13! She shouldn’t have to rely on her stepson to be a functioning member of society. There are times when sleeping through your alarm is totally understandable. I often tell myself that I’m going to wake up at 5 …
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30+ Pictures of Pleasant Surprises Spotted in Unpredictable Places

At some point, adulthood becomes just one long series of reboots. The same mornings, the same traffic lights, the same casserole pretending to be dinner again. It’s not a bad existence, exactly, just a very beige one. You start moving through the world like you’re caught in a side quest with no map and no …
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‘Thank you, I haven’t dunked my face in ice water in nearly three hours’: Male lifestyle influencer’s 5 hour long, 4 AM start morning routine gets mocked by the internet

In the land of content creation, the quotidian is big business. It turns out that many people want nothing more than to watch other people go about their daily lives, or at least what they claim is their daily lives, so long as it is aspirational in some form or another. It also just so …
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‘All weekend errands are done before noon’: 25+ Old person habits younger people have picked up because they make life better

As a culture, we’re pretty afraid of aging. There’s a whole industry dedicated to ameliorating the fears of showing signs of aging. We sell creams, treatments, and procedures to keep us looking «young.» We’re dedicated to staying in the loop, in the know, and keeping up with what the kids are doing. This can get …
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Aesthetic nurse’s intense morning routine intimidates the internet: ‘There is no way this every day’

Taking care of yourself is an important part of self-care, but this can mean very different things to different people. As the internet revealed some time ago, there are certain individuals who don’t even wash their legs in the shower, and then there are those who have so many steps in their getting ready routine …
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27 Skincare Memes With Anti-Aging Properties

Skincare is such a trend now, even the little kids are doing it. When I was a kid, I barely knew what lotion was, let alone a Drunk Elephant serum, and that I wanted it for Christmas. It’s kind of scary. But these days it’s all about taking care of the largest organ in your …
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‘Take two bites. Not just food’: 15+ Default rules to improve your life, at least marginally

We all have rules and rituals. We have the way we like our coffee, the kind of socks we buy, the kinds of places we live, and the kinds of books we read. Every moment is made up of millions of little choices, and to make things simpler, we’ve pre-chosen a lot of them. Sure, …
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