Confidence and self-esteem may be among the most admirable qualities someone can hold. But if we aren’t taught how to be confident in our younger years, it can make for a self-conscious, insecure adulthood. “Happiness takes many forms, and we want our children to have a skill set that brings out self-confidence,” says Eva Moskowitz, …
Everyone who says “I do” hopes for not just a marriage but a great marriage. One that, according to Christina Eller, LMHC, a psychotherapist specializing in treating couples, is based on “a solid friendship where you’re nurturing each other and where you have high regard, fondness, and admiration for one another.” The million-dollar question is: …
The CVS Health company Aetna announced a “landmark policy change” on Tuesday, that it would expand its coverage of fertility services to include intrauterine insemination (IUI) as a medical benefit for eligible plans. It is the first major health insurer to do so. “Expanding IUI coverage is yet another demonstration of Aetna’s commitment to women’s …
With school out for the summer and temperatures rising across the country, many families will visit the beach, lake or local swimming pool. Now is the time to review safety tips to keep children safe around water. Drowning is the leading cause of death for children ages 1 to 4 and the second leading cause of …
Artificial food dyes have been a hot topic over the past few years, prompting California lawmakers to propose and pass several bills designed to tamp down on their use in the state. The latest, called the California School Food Safety Act, was signed into law last month, making it illegal for public schools to offer …
When it comes to modeling ideas around healthy fitness for her 2-year-old son, running coach and former pro distance runner Kaitlin Gregg Goodman is careful about how she frames her own passion for the sport: that it’s something she does for pleasure. “I want him to really think—and know—it’s something I do for fun, for …
Chrissy Teigen has 42 million followers on Instagram, where she’s known for sharing with vulnerable honesty—especially when it comes to parenting her four kids. But thinking about them using the ’gram? Not her favorite subject. “I know I absolutely want to delay social media,” Teigen, 38, said Tuesday in New York City onstage at the …
It’s no surprise that entrepreneurs—in the hustle of meeting payroll and growing their business—find that personal life takes a backseat from time to time. However, when romantic relationships can’t endure, business owners face professional and financial setbacks in addition to emotional ones, according to a new survey from Clarify Capital, which provides loans to small …
Classes ending in June means boundless joy for kids, right? Not if they’re among the 30 million students who qualify for the federally-assisted meal program and who now likely face “summer hunger”—the result of food-insecure families losing access to the free breakfasts and lunches their children rely on at school throughout the rest of the …
A couple of months ago, my 15-year-old daughter admitted she was addicted to her phone and that she hated it. She deleted TikTok and asked me to buy her a timed lockbox so she could take breaks from her smartphone—and also asked for a flip phone so she could still stay in touch when she …