Yep, I do the same with my small students. They know not to hug someone without asking first. I never hug a child without first getting permission, and remind kids regularly that they can say no. Yesterday, in a lesson about heavy and light, I picked up a girl doll from our dollhouse, then a real girl from our…

When I was young I wasn't sure boys were actually fully human. I had crushes all the time but couldn't really talk to them. I had boyfriends and dates, but not many.

I'm in my forties and have a date with a good twenty-something friend to see this on Friday. I can't wait! (I have been going to teen movies since I was an actual teen and they are the best.)

She looks awesome and badass and sulky and beautiful all at the same time.

She didn't get nominated for Cake.

The color of Ava Duvernay's dress is perfect, and her hair is amazing.

This picture of Lorelai Linklater is everything.

We didn't have a tv, so I couldn't handle any kind of suspense or scary stuff on tv or movies. I thought that The Hardy Boys, the Phantom Tollbooth (animated movie), and The Sword in the Stone were totally terrifying. I had nightmares about Merlin for months.

I need to know how to post GIFs. I'd pick one with somebody rolling their eyes. Alas, I am an old.

She is not 'parading around,' she is walking. You know, as human beings are wont to do.

No, it didn't work. I didn't give it much time, though; I just felt weird doing something so unproven and pseudo-sciencey. Botox worked, for years, until it started not working quite as well. Now I'm on a beta blocker that is life-changing. At my worst, I had migraines 20 days a month. Now I get one every two…

What's the psychological explanation for the anti-vaxxers' behavior? These are mainly educated people who are well-read and who trust science in all other areas. What's the glitch that makes them crazy on this one topic?

I used to have terrible migraines, so for years I tried everything in search of a solution. I started treatment at a chiropractic clinic but gave it up because I could find no research whatsoever on whether or not chiropractic care has any scientific validity. I could find no proof that it works. WHY have no…

Haddie's cool girlfriend is currently starring in a play on Broadway. So she probably couldn't make it.

There are no clear answers, but some people who have it might have had a choking or vomiting experience when really young that gave them a phobia about new foods. Others might have had medical complications when very young, like failure-to-thrive or surgeries, etc. Kids with autism or sensory processing disorder are…

The kid has always had a strong aversion to most foods, and has a limited list of things he will eat: pizza, chicken nuggets, Eggo waffles (about 5 varieties), Go Gurt, fruit smoothies, and the like. People used to look at me like it was my fault, that I was a bad mother who spoiled her child. I thought they might…

Slightly off-topic, but I'm kind of thrilled to see a reference to avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder, which most people haven't heard of. My kid has it, and it's real, and it's not just picky eating.

Aquaphor is better, I think.

Our marriage is seriously happy after twenty years but I'm not exactly sure why. I feel like a genius for having chosen Mr. Berkowitz, but I don't know how I just knew he was the one.

Yes, but who cares? I will see this movie to feast my eyes on Chris Hemsworth.