Alisa Kennedy Jones recounts a conversation she had with her partner: “I stared at my partner, incredulous, and demanded to know: ‘You’re what?!’ ‘I'm in menopause.’ He explained plaintively. ‘You can’t be,’ I scoffed. ‘Why not?’ I could feel his hackles rising now. ‘Because... Because that's my thing,’” she sputtered. Reader — it was not just her thing. Let’s talk about it!

— Kelly Faircloth, Executive Editor

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Seventh grade is rough for everybody involved. But psychologist Lucie Hemmen has some reassurance for parents today… though it starts off a little rocky: “Responding to a comment from a parent who said that 7th grade with her daughter has been ‘the worst,’ Hemmen said, ‘This comment about seventh grade being the worst reminds me, really reminds me that I don't post enough on young teens. And let me tell you, as a psychologist, I don't even take them in my practice because they're not that much fun.’” But stick with her!