Scary Mommy

As women, our skin is constantly evolving. You may already be familiar with hormonal breakouts and used to dealing with the micro chin hairs that spring up overnight. But perimenopause is a different animal. As your body begins to transition into menopause, hormonal irregularity becomes more frequent. Mood swings and hot flashes are some of the most common, but the perimenopa...

Back-to-school season feels all fun and exciting when you’re shopping for supplies and new shoes, but a few weeks in and reality comes crashing down. Your first back-to-school cold came home with your kid and has picked your family members off one by one. Everyone...

The other night, I was watching a movie with the guy I've been seeing when, sure enough, he started caressing my thigh. I immediately thought, “Oh, I know what this means.”

We've all been there. Pawing at someone's chest, lettin...

I’m just going to say it: There is no freaking way I would let my 5-year-old walk half a mile alone. When I read The Washington Post story about Karyann Parkinson, a Virg...

The back-to-school season is famously chaotic. After a few blissful months of reprieve from the usual over-scheduling, families are thrown right back into the thick of it, seemingly all at once. Because, as any seasoned mom knows, it’s not just school that starts — it’s the endless carpool coordination, playdate requests that run right up to dinner, and w...