Posts by Trisha Leigh Zeigenhorn

Fair warning – no one giving these suggestions is your child’s parent or in any way qualified to see the future. But if you’re looking for inspiration, or maybe some ways to think outside the box when it comes to preparing your young teenagers for what awaits them in this big, bad, world, these 15...

If you’re looking for a change of scenery but have no pressing reason to move to one state over another, you might want to consider your choice’s impact on your pocketbook. Not only should you consider cost of living, but some states are also significantly more tax friendly than others – and those others are just...

Every sane person in the world loves Target — I’m sorry, but it’s just a fact. There’s something so inviting and comforting about the organized shelves, $1 aisles, bright red scheme, and plethora of whole milk yogurt (just me?) that makes you feel right at home. But there is one thing you should never do...

It’s fun to try to predict the future. It’s why time capsules have never gone out of style, and ancients like Nostradamus still have entire shows dedicated to them. And even though it may be a few decades before we’ll be able to vet any of these predictions, here are 15 movies that are already...

If you’re someone who gets charley horses, those tight balls of muscle that cramp in your leg, then you know the serious pain they can cause – but do you know why we call them a charley horse in the first place? While the term’s etymology isn’t completely clear, experts believe it originated on the...

Cell phones are many things to us – communication devices, sure, but also sources of entertainment, distractions, time-passers, gaming devices, televisions, and on and on. They’ve also become bigger and bigger investments. While the manufacturers keep doing their part to convince us to buy bigger and better devices on a regular basis, most of us...

It takes a lot of courage to admit that you need help and even more to reach out for it in the form of therapy. Which means it’s extra disheartening to end up across from someone who is less than great at their job – which is supposed to be helping you get better. It...

You’d have to be living under a rock these days to have not heard the term “toxic masculinity” being thrown around on the internet, but if you need a bit of a refresher, here you go: It refers to the culture of masculinity that aggressively promotes gender stereotypes in boys – not crying, sucking it...

There’s no doubt that the world is changing – I mean, it always has been, but in the past several decades, the world has been changing so fast that there are generations coming up that have never experienced some things their parents thought were commonplace. Not only that, but technology is coming and going so...

In the old days, people were encouraged to go into a line of work that could sustain them for a lifetime and offer a good pension. If you were lucky, it would also give you some savings to pass on to your kids. These days, teenagers are prodded to “find their passion,” so they’ll never...

In this day and age, it’s easy to forget that most human beings, at their core, try their hardest to be good and to do the right thing. The 12 people below will remind you of not only of people’s intrinsic instinct for good, but that there are those among us willing to go above...

Human goals, am I right, people? I wish I could get my husband to mow the lawn without being prodded, and we’ve only been married for a little over 2 years! This now-viral post was shared by Codie LaChelle McPhate, the couple’s daughter. She wrote: “This is my dad, mowing my mom’s lawn. They’ve been...

Sometimes we just need a little push to start thinking about things differently – and these 6 riddles will do exactly that if you let them! Remember, think about the question, but not too hard. Good luck! #6. Simple math? Continue reading to check your answer!

There are plenty of posts out there that give advice on what to do if you win it big in the lottery, but what should you definitely not do if you walk away with big bucks? Well, the internet has some ideas, so listen up! And yeah, some of these ideas are better than others....

There are just some things that are only funny to those of us raising children, and these 20 memes fall into that category. So if you’ve procreated (or are raising children, regardless of how they came to be yours) sit back with your glass of wine and have a good laugh. #20. Such a beautiful day....