Did your mom ever warn you against venturing outside into the cold with wet hair? Or has your grandma scolded you for jumping into a pool less than 30 minutes after eating? When it comes to health, old wives’ tales abound. But are there kernels of truth to be found in them?
Working Through Pregnancy Loss
“Women with unresolved grief are at an increased risk of developing clinical depression, which can impact the work environment.”
7 Foundation Mistakes That Make You Look Older
The foundation you use on your face is the base on which your whole look is built. And just like with your home, a cracked, aging foundation is not the ideal base to build on.
A FaceTime Bedtime Tale
5+ Things Working Moms Should Stop Saying Now
Sure, pretty much everybody says “like” a lot (“I have, like, 100 things to do”) and we should stop. But women often use other words and phrases habitually, when they probably shouldn’t use them at all.
13 Badass Moms Who Are Saving the World
Mothers are really busy. Which is why nothing impresses and inspires us more than a working mom who is also dedicated to bringing positive change to life and society. Get ready to read about a baker’s dozen of kick-butt ladies.
It's Showtime
5 Ways To Make Your Haircut Last Longer
With all the other things crowding our to-do lists, time for a haircut is not high on our list of priorities. So when we make time for one, we want it to look good and last.
5 Lies Parents Should Never Tell Kids
It's not uncommon for parents to lie to their children — "the tooth fairy left you money" — but lies that stem from frustration or are meant to coerce, or sometimes even protect a child, can backfire.
Beyond The Bell
Tame Your Wiry Brows In 5 Easy Steps
The When age turns your formerly smooth, well-behaved brows into wayward, wiry rebels, you're going to need some extra help.
5 Less Obvious ’80s Records Your Teen Will Dig
Being a tween/teen in the '80s was an aural paradise. Back in those days, record companies invested in artists—not personalities—allowing them a record or three to grow into their sound, rather than a single track to rack up massive sales before dropping them through the void and into obscurity.
25 Top Celeb Working Dads of 2014
We admit it: We love hot dads! For Father’s Day, we celebrate some particularly impressive ones, chosen for their droolworthiness—but also a lot more.
Dear June: I Loved You—Until I Had Kids
Working Mother 50 Most Powerful Moms of 2015
We think all moms are powerful. That being said, this year's list of Most Powerful Moms features 50 remarkable women whose influence is felt on a daily basis via their singular talent, hard work and intellectual capital—not to mention courage, strength, love of family and, importantly, their passion to make the world a better place.
Essay: When Your Kid Is Left Out
7 Ayurvedic Practices That Really Work
Ayurveda isn’t just a buzzword or a trend -- it’s a 5,000-year-old health system. Sanskrit for “life knowledge,” Ayurveda is a complex system of lifestyle therapies rapidly gaining popularity in America.
Your Next Date Night: Planned
2 No Excuses Workouts for When You're Stuck Indoors
Blame it on the polar vortex, the first big rainstorm of the season or just plain laziness, but sometimes you just can’t leave your house to work out.
Common Core Chaos (and how to stress less about it)
At school, on social media, at home…everyone seems to be up in arms about this curriculum/testing mandate. Here’s the upshot.