Choosing a baby name is no easy task . You want to strike the right balance of pleasing, interesting, and most of all, respecting your child and their future endeavors in the working world. I'm all for off-beat names, but you can only go so far before you're making life hard for your kid down the line. Remember when Gwyneth Paltrow named her daughter “Apple” and everyone freaked out? Boy, how far we have come as a culture since then. Now Apple seems like a comparatively normal name compared to…

No free meal this time

Not GG

When you are 16, every little event feels like the most important day of your life. Going on your first date, your first kiss, prom, graduation, those are all pivotal moments for your teenage self, which means that you want all of them to be absolutely perfect. Prom is probably one of those events that you want to have only the best memories of because there is no second chance or time for that one. You get one prom, so you better make it count. That means you have to put a lot of thought into…

Family dinners can bring out all kinds of clashes within a family unit

They're looking for a free place to stay

Children need positive reinforcement . If we were never told we're good at something, or that our efforts paid off, we might never follow up on our interests. Sure, there's such a thing as over-praising or infantilizing, where we over-blow our children's achievements, thus giving them a distorted sense of reality. This can be a fine line to walk. But when your child genuinely accomplishes something worth praising, it is our job as parents to praise them. Even if it means putting a little more w…

We all know a TV tyrant

It's her day, not theirs

Everyone is allowed to do whatever they want with their diet. It's your body, so you get to choose what you put in it and what you don't. Sure, we all might have to make compromises when we're eating at someone else's house or traveling to another country, but ultimately the only person in charge of what we eat should be us. That's why one Redditor was so upset at her family after revealing a secret they were holding about their cooking, and what it meant for her dietary choices. Every vegetari…

The moment you stop being the kid that adults try to convince to eat and become the adult that tries to convince other kids to eat, is the pivotal moment after which you know your life is never going to be the same. You've matured, you've grown, and you are no longer disgusted by foods that are the color green. With that maturity, and your acceptance that you are no longer a kid, you learn just how annoying kids truly are, and how dealing with them can be a pain, especially in the food departme…

A surprise gesture can mean the world to someone. If you're having a rough time, you might think that no one knows what you're going through, let alone cares. You might feel isolated and alone like the only person who truly has your back is you. But if a friend suddenly comes through in an unexpected way, it can flip that whole perspective. This is why we should always check in on each other. You can never be sure how much a nice gesture can mean to someone. But what happens when that person ta…

Family is complicated

Having your relatives stay with you is not always the most pleasant experience in the world, especially if they have kids. If you're anything like me, you value your space and privacy. You love your home and have worked to have it the way that you like it. Odds are, you probably don't take kindly to anyone coming in and disturbing your hard-earned peace. Some would say, though, that's what the holidays are for. You make sacrifices for the ones you love because you expect them to do the same for…

She could have chosen differently

Allergies are no joke . If it's an environmental one, like pet hair, then any space that has or has had a pet in it can become a no-fly zone for people with severe allergies. It's just not worth the risk of a flare-up. But what happens when you're dating someone that has a pet? Dating is no easy task on its own. It can take a lifetime of meeting people, dating, and breaking up before you find someone you'd like to spend the rest of your life with . So if you find that person, you probably want…