Am I The Last Mom In America Giving My Daughter A Barbie?

For a while, it felt like it.

Aug 04, 2022

BARBIE GIRL Am I The Last Mom In America Giving My Daughter A Barbie?   Today's piece is from yours truly, about one of the most iconic — and yet much-debated! — items in the millennial toybox: Barbie. I absolutely loved Barbie as a child in the 1990s. All those over-the-top clothes! The elevator in her Dreamhouse! Her hot-pink aisle loomed large at the store in my day, and it seemed she'd reign forever. But my daughter's generation is different.  And so I got to wondering: What's Barbie's place in 2022?  — Kelly Faircloth, Executive Editor   ¸read more

PAINFULLY TRUE Mom Hilariously Lists All The Parenting Rules She Broke After She Actually Had Kids   You know everything about kids until you actually have kids — then you're feeding them Cheetos from the gas station, just like the rest of us. Read More   BACK TO SCHOOL Parents Are Spending Double On School Supplies This Year   A new study found that back-to-school shopping will reach the heights of nearly $700 for some families. Ouch.  Read More   THE IMPORTANCE OF ZZZS A Persistent Lack Of Sleep May Cause Long-Term Changes To Your Kid's Brain   The latest from a new study. Read More

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RESCUE ME The Pound Puppies Saga: How These Plush Toys Hooked Us & Now Our Kids   "Twenty years before a sad Sarah McLachlan tune played over images of pets needing rescue at the ASPCA — commercials so brutal that even McLachlan can't watch them — I was a total sucker for Pound Puppies," writes Jessica G. Hartshorn today, wrapping up our series on the millennial toybox. "They were the pandemic dogs before there was a pandemic." Check out her final deep-dive into the toys of our youth!   read more

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