Group Therapy: Controlling Parents Don't Like Current Boyfriend


Updated 04/17/11 6:50 AM · Posted by Tres Community · 6 comments

Controlling Parents Don't Like Boyfriend

This question is from a Group Therapy post in our TrèsSugar Community. Add your advice in the comments! So I'm currently in a relationship with a man I truly love. He's smart, handsome, and he is very strong-willed, but my parents do not approve of him. In the past I have always gone for the "artistic" type of man. They were the kind who wrote songs for me, who showed their affection for me Read more

5 Harmful Pet Toxins Lurking Around Your House


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ASPCA Most Toxic Household Products For Pets

Pets face many of the scariest hazards out on the street: speeding cars, aggressive animals, and inconsiderate people are just a few of the terrors that keep us pet parents up at night. But some of the most terrifying dangers come from items lying around our own homes. Last year, the ASPCA's Animal Poison Control Center fielded over 165,000 phone calls from panicked pet owners worried that their Read more

NurturMe's Caroline Freedman: An Easy Way to Get Lil Ones to Eat Their Fruits and Veggies!


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NurturMe Dried Baby Food

As a soon-to-be first-time mom, a pregnant Caroline Freedman was obsessed with all things baby (sound familiar?), including what she would eventually feed her new lil one once she advanced past breast milk and bottles. "I was shocked at how little innovation there had been since I was a baby. It was still Gerber jarred foods," says Austin, TX-based Freedman, now mom to a 3-year-old and a Read more

Jamie Lynn Spears Shares Lessons on Birth Control and Teen Pregnancy


Updated 02/02/12 2:35 PM · Posted by · 0 comments

Jamie Lynn Spears Interview

“I believe in safety and birth control as prevention," Jamie Lynn Spears tells Glamour this month. "But like many young girls . . . I was really scared to go to the doctor." Britney's little sister had to grow up fast, after she became pregnant at 16, and after taking some time away from the spotlight, she gave an interview with Glamour to mark her 21st birthday. In the interview, Jamie Lynn Read more

6 Ways Couples Can Tell They're Financially Ready to Live Together


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When Should Couples Live Together?

We're thrilled to present this smart Business Insider story here on Savvy! Moving in together as a couple is more than deciding who gets the "good side" of the bed and finding the best spot to stash the PlayStation. Not only will you be sharing household bills and probably setting up a joint bank account, but you'll also get up close and personal with your partner's money demons for the first Read more

Security Tips For Data Privacy Day!


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How to Keep Your Computer Safe and Secure

It's Data Privacy Day, so we're here to give you 10 tips to keeping your computer safe, secure, and totally private. Nothing is worse than having your computer hacked into, your personal information stolen, or becoming a victim of fraud. We've rounded up all of our best tech advice to help keep your computer protected and free from hacker malice. If you haven't implemented these 10 tidbits yet, Read more

Can Natural Family Planning Work For You?


Updated 01/25/12 11:59 AM · Posted by · 3 comments

Does Natural Family Planning Work?

We're excited to share this post from our partners at BabyCenter! Every week, we will be bringing you the best parenting and lifestyle stories from the experts at BabyCenter, including this post from Sabrina Garibia about using natural family planning as a form of birth control. It’s much, much worse than the secret assemblies we had in middle school about menstruation. At least we were kids Read more

Lil Links: Breastfeeding While Driving May Take Multitasking Too Far


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Breastfeeding While Driving

Mom crashes car while breastfeeding — The Stir Kristin Cavallari and Jay Cutler are expecting — Celebrity Baby Scoop Bryce Dallas Howard welcomes baby Beatrice — Celebrity Baby Blog Tips for keeping pregnancy weight under control — FitPregnancy Want to be a better dad? Move to China! — Parenting Could babies with three parents become common? — The Bump Autism has a new definition Read more

The Vampire Diaries "The Ties That Bind": The Good, The Bad, and The Bloody


Updated 01/25/12 11:38 AM · Posted by · 5 comments

The Vampire Diaries Recap "The Ties That Bind"

It's a family reunion for Bonnie and her estranged mother on this week's The Vampire Diaries, but their meeting is less than magic (I'm sorry, I had to). They need her to open up one of Klaus's sealed coffins, but like most things on this show, they have to get through a bit of sticky business first. Meanwhile, Tyler recruits someone to help free him of his sire bond to Klaus so he can be with Read more

How to Fight Your Financial Demons


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How to Solve Financial Problems

We're thrilled to present this smart LearnVest story here on Savvy! We all have our demons. Some just lurk under the bed, but others bare their teeth as we go about our day — say, every time we pull out our wallet. Financial demons are particularly vicious because their effects aren’t confined to the pages of our journal or emails to our best friend. Our finances permeate just about every Read more