Don’t Bother Boiling a Lemon to ‘Neutralize’ Odors
I write a lot about different methods to remove odors from of a bunch of different things, from smoky smells in the house to stinky ones in diaper pails. While…
How to Actually Get That Smoky Smell Out of Your House (and What Won’t Work)
Whether you live on the East Coast and the wildfire smoke drifting from Canada is choking you, or you foolishly allowed someone to smoke a cigarette in your home, you’re…
How to Teach Kids to Better Manage Life’s Disappointments
Photo: Veja (Shutterstock) Her brother ate the last two Oreos instead of saving one for her. Dad said no more TV right before bedtime. He tested positive COVID at the…
You Really Can Use Paint to Make a Room Look Bigger or Smaller
Photo: r.classen (Shutterstock) No house or apartment is perfect. Even if it seems perfect when you first move in, your needs will shift over time, and you might wake up…
How to Destink Your Diaper Pail (and Keep It Destunk)
Photo: Fevziie (Shutterstock) If a baby is one of the sweetest, cutest, most precious things we could ever imagine taking up space in our homes, their diaper pail is the…
Unexpected Places You Should Bring Earplugs
Photo: Thermchai (Shutterstock) Your hearing is important, and we’ve advised you before to bring earplugs to concerts and have them handy for loud movies to protect your ears. But there…
Why ‘Under-Sharing’ Is Just As Bad As Oversharing (and How to Stop Doing It)
High-intensity emotions like anger, fear, anxiety, and despair are straight-up exhausting. It’s only natural to want to keep them to ourselves so as not to upset others—or come off as…
How to Feel Your Feelings (and Why You Should)
Photo: fizkes (Shutterstock) Feeling our feelings—contrary to long-held popular opinion that it is somehow weak—is remarkably hard work. Which is why we engage in frequent avoidance techniques so we don’t…
How to Motivate Your Young Athlete (Without Being That Parent)
Photo: Viacheslav Nikolaenko (Shutterstock) There’s a reason some youth sports coaches proactively tell parents that “no coaching, just cheering” will be allowed from the sidelines. We’ve all seen—or ahem, been—those…
What Does Space Smell Like?
Photo: Elena11 (Shutterstock) There is much to ponder in the infinite mysteries of outer space, but…what’s it smell like? It turns out that much, if not all, of the seeing…