Posts by Trisha Leigh Zeigenhorn

The 6 riddles below are simple enough to be solvable but tough enough to make you feel like you accomplished something – and what could be better than that? #6. Family values. Continue reading for the answer!

There’s nothing quite like thinking back on the things that troubled you in the years before you hit your teens, right? As many of my fellow parents have observed, kids’ problems grow with age – so sit back and revel in the days when you were tiny and your troubles were only as big as...

Ah, weddings – the beauty, the romance, the booze, the awkward speeches and coming together of previously unrelated families…it’s no wonder that they’re also ripe playgrounds for drama. And these 13+ weddings definitely had that in spades. #15. No way. “Wedding for my second cousin (the bride). The best man was absolutely wasted and was...

Sometimes riddles designed for kids can be even harder for adults to figure out because our minds aren’t as malleable (and don’t stretch in the same ways) as a child’s. I don’t know about you, but I definitely found that to be true for the 4 riddles below. #4. What numbers are missing? Continue reading...

Chances are, someone in your life is struggling with depression, anxiety, or some other form of mental health issue. It can be hard to know when to push, when to step back, and how to let them know you’re there if they need you without being too far away to grab onto. Below are some...

“Flipback books” (or dwarsligger in their native Netherlands) are tiny books that can fit in the palm of your hand. They’ve been popular in Europe for a little while, and thanks to some big-name authors getting versions of their uber-popular books (think John Green and Stephen King) in flipback, they just might be popping up...

Snoring isn’t something people can (generally) help, but if you’re stuck sharing a bed, room, or – hell – a house with someone who can really rattle the walls, it can test your relationship. I know couples who have decided separate rooms was the answer (maybe it is!), put sound machines into action, invested in...

The world today can be pretty hard on people, especially kids. While we should all strive to be kind to those we meet, in a million years it would never have occurred to me I could use fruit to do it. Then again, bananas do have plenty of blank space, so, if you’re going to...

You’d be hard pressed to find a more controversial debate out there today than the vaccination debate. Even though actual science has disproved any connection between vaccines and autism (or any other serious illness), many people still believe that the government is out to get their kids in exchange for money, or that there are...

Social media has risen so quickly and permeated society so completely that science is struggling to catch up, at least in terms of how it may or may not be affecting people socially, psychologically, and interpersonally. Fortunately, most early findings have eased our minds about the selfie-posting addiction many people have, saying that there’s no...

Anyone and everyone who uses social media has surely started to recognize certain trends when it comes to selfies and other photographs – the feet in the sand, the runner and her Fitbit, the mom and her messy bun + cup of coffee – and, sure, some of these trends are more likely to appear...

Phage therapy – which involves finding live viruses that can be used to fight off bacterial infections – is an experimental treatment and the subject of a new Netflix documentary series called Follow This. You’d have to be purposefully ignoring the news these days (no judgement if you are, because yeesh) to not have heard...

If pop culture is teaching us anything these days, it’s that people are obsessed with anything having to do with prisons and true crime. So we should all love the juicy details from these 13+ corrections officers who struggled with the fact that some of the inmates they interacted with on a daily basis turned...

It’s no secret that the Earth still has plenty of secrets she’s keeping to herself, and the fact that Antarctica is so remote, hosts a harsh, uninviting climate, and is ridiculously huge means that it’s likely holding onto more than its fair share of…well, secrets. Below are 17 totally interesting, totally true things we’ve already...

With all we now know about the long term effects of concussions and head injuries, participation in youth football in America is on the decline. Parents are (rightfully) concerned about letting their kid get banged around on a field, and many of them are turning toward soccer thinking that they’re choosing a safer option. A...