Apr 26, 2022

I’m sure you know them well: the stacks of paper that somehow accumulate around the house from weekend coloring sessions and art class at school. Kids produce so much art, and while there are some treasures, so much of it is — let’s get real — very bad. Today Denaye Barahona explains why she throws almost all of it out, and she doesn’t even hide it: “That's right. I openly throw away most of my kid's artwork. Sometimes I even use it to fuel the bonfire for our weekend s'more festivities. #meanestmomever?”

She explains that it’s about more than just decluttering — there’s a lesson involved. Free yourself from the pressure to hide scribble drawings under the coffee grounds!

— Kelly Faircloth, Executive Editor

SCHOOL

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SEXIST AS HELL

A Minnesota State Senate Candidate Delivered Her Convention Speech While In Labor

Erin Maye Quade ultimately dropped out of the race because her opponent declined to suspend the convention. Read More

WHAT!?

A TikTok Dentist Claims Cavities Can Be Contagious. Here's What You Need To Know.

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It Feels Like Everyone Is Non-COVID Sick Right Now. What Gives?

Show of hands: How many of you know a bunch of people who are sick right now, but keep testing negative for COVID-19? Not just colds and respiratory crud, either. Caroline Modarressy-Tehrani did some investigating for Scary Mommy into the impact of the last two years: “Have we, as some anxiety-inducing headlines suggested, weakened our and our kids’ immune systems by limiting their exposure over the last two years? Bluntly, is immunity ‘use it, or lose it?’” Here’s what she found.

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