Topic: parenting

Miranda Kerr Not Doomed To Be Next Gisele Bundchen

Miranda Kerr Not Doomed To Be Next Gisele Bundchen

After having babies, a lot of celebrities seem prone to becoming preachy, out-of-touch douchebags who try to relate to the common mom by talking about how childbirth wasn’t painful because they spent the entire thing in an advanced yogic handstand, and how they now only feed their babies organic gold, and that if anyone doesn’t do as they do it amounts to child abuse. More »

Party Favors: How Shia LaBeouf Is A Gentlemen’s Wager

Party Favors: How Shia LaBeouf Is A Gentlemen's Wager

A personal reflection on the idea of Shia LeBeouf. -The Hairpin

Important: what’s the best kind of shirt for men to wear on a date? -How About We

Startup reinvents online shopping. -The High Low

Are you a helicopter parent? -Double X

A living room with a pool. Seriously. -ShelterPop

What you need for a fresh summer face: illuminator and a bright, matte lip. -Birchbox

The truth about sexual chemistry. -YourTango

Does living together save couples money? -MyDaily

NYC’s latest major beauty (and wellness) detsination. -Refinery29

The 10 dumbest beauty products. -The Frisky

Check out Beyonce’s electric yellow knit. -Styleite

Speaking of which, here’s some styling tips for knit vests. -College Candy

Lindsay Lohan’s style evolution. -StyleList

Rachel Bilson wore Line & Dot. -Betty Confidential

Party Favors: $164 Million In Damages To Tory Burch

Party Favors: $164 Million In Damages To Tory Burch

Will the Tory Burch lawsuit change counterfeit culture? -The High Low

Concerning the ways men and women are “allowed” to write about parenthood. -Double X

An eyebrow tutorial. They are the window frames to the soul. -The Hairpin

“Why devotion trumps passion.” -YourTango

“How I learned to live with my father’s bigotry.” -MyDaily

A Diane Kruger-inspired interior. -ShelterPop

Eva Longoria tried melting these to use as lipstick. -The Frisky

Beyonce talks Givenchy, porn studios and keeping hyenas as pets. -Styleite

I saw someone pulling these Sally Hansen nails off at a bar. Here’s a review. -College Candy

The design duo behind cult shoe brand Marais USA talk indispensable beauty products. -Birchbox

Stars like Diane Kruger and Rihanna are doing messy braids. -StyleList

Finding the right shorts based on body type. -Betty Confidential

Children Are The Ultimate Excuse

Children Are The Ultimate Excuse

This weekend was incredibly hectic for me. Our family just had a lot going on. Most of it all involved friends and family, it was fun and exciting, socialable stuff. But it was also a lot of stuff that I just wasn’t in the mood for. I wanted a terrible TV marathon of Bravo programming this weekend. I wanted time to lay around my house. I was thinking about getting around to shaving my legs. There wasn’t a good excuse for staying home, but I wanted to anyways. More »

A Mom’s Guide to Social Networking

A Mom's Guide to Social Networking

Today’s young mothers have a lot of difficult decisions to make: work or stay at home, bottle or breast milk, free-range or attachment. For me, I find that it’s a balancing act. From the very beginning, I realized that the easiest way for me was to combine all those mothering philosophies into something usable. It resulted with Brenna learning to love both fresh fruits and french fries. She really is her mother’s daughter. More »

You Can’t Control Your Kids, and That’s What’s Great About Them

You Can't Control Your Kids, and That's What's Great About Them

I’m not sure if these two are besties yet, but I think they could have a beautiful friendship. They are both strong women, working and succeeding in traditionally male occupations. They’ve both been called monsters, though one might be more fond of the title than the other. They’ve both shared their life’s stories with the world, in hopes that they might be better understood. More »

Honorary LadyScout of the Week: Dara Torres

Honorary LadyScout of the Week: Dara Torres

Oftentimes we LadyScouts are concerned about the viability of “having it all.” “But I want to have it all,” we say, “give me it all! All of it! It! All!” And all too often we are told by “society” and “the man” and “articles” in “women’s magazines” that we can’t have it all, we can only have it some. Some? Eff that. Enter swimmer Dara Torres. More »

Facebook Language for Moms

Facebook Language for Moms

Lately, I’ve noticed some of my friends who are moms curbing their language on Facebook. It usually happens when their kids are around two — a.k.a., old enough for them to have had a mishap in which their little cherub drops the f-bomb, and they realize that there’s only one way they could have learned that kind of language.

Anyway, it’s sort of amusing to watch my friends turn into real-life parents, not just people with adorable little 10-pound accessories that cry and sleep and shit. Here are a few words and phrases that could indicate that you, too, are going mom*: More »

Should You Kiss in Front of Your Children?

Should You Kiss in Front of Your Children?

My daughter has hit the stage where she wants everything to be a family. She must have three of everything, so there can be a mommy, daddy and baby. A family of stuffed teddy bears, a family of hearts she drew. It’s a little like Goldilocks, there should always be three in descending size. She’s even a little peeved with Disney movies lately because they rarely have a mother and a father. Perhaps most telling, since Brenna is an only child, if there is another sibling, she refers to them as “friend.” So her dollhouse has Mommy, Daddy, Baby and Friend, and she plays with them all the time. More »