Your Sex Life Needs Regular Exercise
We all know we should exercise to improve our physical life. But if you needed even more incentive to hit the gym, how about the fact that exercise can also improve your sex life? It seems almost fairly obvious. As Karla Robinson, medical editor at GoodRx, puts it: “Exercise increases blood flow throughout your body,…
Three Ways a Pillowcase Can Keep Your House a Little Cleaner
Photo: New Africa (Shutterstock)Pillowcases are more versatile household helpers than we give them credit for. In addition to protecting your pillows from your night sweats, they can help you keep things a little neater around the house. Here are three ways to repurpose yours.Sort your laundry: Pillowcases make excellent laundry sorters. After stripping your bed,…
Accept Your Kid’s Stubborn Streak
Once, when my son was three years old, I took him to an indoor bounce house park. An hour of jumping and sliding and bouncing didn’t tire him out the way I’d hoped, though. It only made him ready for another hour. Unfortunately, the “open bounce” time had ended and all the other three-year-olds were…
Environment Modification Is Impacting Shark Swimming Habits
Climate change has been on everyone’s tongue lately, with many wondering how this phenomenon is changing our animals. Australian scientists have discovered one way it is altering the behavior of one of our oceanic predators: sharks. According to the study published in the Symmetry magazine, our warming oceans are causing the Port Jackson shark (Heterodontus…
How to Have a ‘Sexual State of the Union’ (but Don’t...
In a recent New York Times article, sex educator Emily Morse recommends couple schedule regular “sexual state of the union” discussions—frank, open dialogues about how their sex life is going and what they might do to make it more fulfilling. It’s nearly universally agreed that communication is vital to satisfying sexy times, but Morse breaks…
Finally Silence Your Squeaky Bed
Photo: fizkes (Shutterstock)Nothing kills the mood like a squeaky bed. Think of all the times in your life a persistent squeaking or creaking got in the way of a perfect moment: Jumping on the mattress with your entire extended family for an influencer photoshoot. Jumping out of the bed you share with three other grandparents…
Why Kids Don’t Want to Talk About Their Day (and How...
Photo: Ruslan Shugushev (Shutterstock)The ride home from school can feel like a battle of wills with my oldest son. When I start the car, he’s a bundle of ecstatic energy. But when I begin asking him about his day, his smile vanishes, and he locks his mouth up like a safe. The remainder of the…
Let Your Kid Scream, ‘I Dislike You’
Rejection WeekRejection sucks, but we all have to deal with it. Whether you’re the rejecter or the reject-ee, this week we’re providing a roadmap for handling rejection with grace. And look: If you reject our advice, that’s on you. Once, when my son was about six years old—and furious with me for some reason or…
Do You Yell at Other People’s Unruly Kids?
Photo: Darrin Klimek (Getty Images)A few years ago, I was hosting a playdate between my son, my then-foster son, and another boy. This third boy took a toy away from my foster son and was refusing to give it back. Because the boy’s parents weren’t there, I eventually stepped in when it was clear he was…
Intermittent Fasting Isn’t the Answer
Photo: rangizzz (Shutterstock)Intermittent fasting was once hailed as a powerful strategy for weight loss, but the latest science shows it’s not exactly a miracle solution after all.First: Intermittent fasting is the process of scheduling all of your eating for the day within a narrow time window, typically 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Other types of…
