The Best PG-13 Movies to Watch With Your Kid
My oldest son and I have a tradition every Sunday afternoon: we watch a movie that his younger brother isn’t old enough to see yet. We started with the Toho…
The Out-of-Touch Adults’ Guide to Kid Culture: The Gaylor Swift Theory
Before we all begin the long, excruciating march through the holidays, let’s take one last look back at Halloween, the lowest-expectation holiday of all, by checking out the most meme-tactic…
The Out-of-Touch Adults’ Guide to Kid Culture: Gen Z Goes to Work, Finds It Time-Consuming
This week, the whole internet is talking about one young woman’s journey into career disillusionment—specifically, her shocking discovery (shared via TikTok) that having a job cuts into your personal time…
Beyoncé’s ‘Renaissance’ Tour Is Coming to Movie Theaters
Attention Beyhive and the Bey-curious: Beyoncé is coming to a theater near you. Not to be outdone by Taylor Swift’s The Eras Tour theatrical event, Renaissance: A Film By Beyoncé…
The Out-of-Touch Adults’ Guide to Kid Culture: What’s the Deal With Smurf Cat?
Things are getting surreal in popular culture this week. There’s a weird blue smurf/cat chimera that suddenly appeared everywhere all at once, a hugely popular TikToker who’s whole thing is…
Ten Podcasts That Will Make You Smarter
What causes coincidences? What’s The Gimli Glider? Why do news anchors talk that way? Is ranch dressing secretly incredibly fascinating? Sure, you could google it—or you could listen to podcasts…
10 Celebrity Gossip Podcasts That Spill the Tea
If you’re sick of the gossip in your own life, or need a break from the real world, consider tuning into a celebrity gossip podcast, where the stakes are high…
Seven Rules for Taking Your Kid to a Concert
The summer concert season is in full swing, and your local arena will soon be hosting performers of all stripes, from Shania Twain, to Taylor Swift, to Janet Jackson, TLC,…
The Out-of-Touch Adults’ Guide to Kid Culture: Why Is Everyone ‘Serving C*nt’ on Social Media?
This week’s 40,000-foot-view of youth features some new slang (which is probably already outdated because I know about it), bad behavior in Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, and…
The Out-of-Touch Adults’ Guide to Kid Culture: Prom Pictures With Goats?
When I was in high school, the only times we thought about goats was when we planned to steal them because they were a rival high school’s mascot, or when…