Many people who like classic old films have witnessed the seemingly glamorous life of the 1950s. In Leave It To Beaver, the Honeymooners, Father Knows Best, and the iconic I Love Lucy, family life was depicted as immaculately. The homes are always beautiful, children are well-behaved, the mother wears the prettiest dresses, and the home...

Sarah Biren
Food Journalist
Sarah is a baker, cook, author, and blogger living in Toronto. She believes that food is the best method of healing and a classic way of bringing people together. In her spare time, Sarah does yoga, reads cookbooks, writes stories, and finds ways to make any type of food in her blender.
Farting is normal for anyone who has a digestive system. But it has a reputation to be crude, immature, and plain gross. In relationships, farting becomes a strange sort of taboo. Since it’s generally seen as unattractive, some couples take measures to keep their flatulence private. For others, it’s a milestone to become comfortable enough...
Love is difficult to understand. We desire to love and feel loved, but achieving that often seems impossible. Especially when it comes to modern relationships. In the United States, about 40 to 50 percent of married couples get a divorce. [1] It’s even harder to account for all of the breakups occurring in unmarried couples. What’s going...
This Australian school teaches girls vital life skills — and not the typical home economics either. The students learned how to check tire pressure, monitor coolant and oil levels, and how to respond in the case of a car accident. Stella Maris College in Manly hired Galmatic to teach the students in Year 11 these valuable skills. Galmatic is...
Unless you have a pet tarantula or an ant farm, bugs are never welcome in the home. And yet they manage to appear where we least want them, like in kitchens, bathrooms, and even beds. Not only are they unsanitary, they are annoying. It’s hard to ignore itchy mosquito bites or the endless buzzing of...
According to the United Nation’s World Happiness Report, Denmark is one of the happiest places on earth. [1] With that, it might seem obvious that the country has something to teach itself and the rest of the world. What would that something be? Empathy. Most people learn empathy when they are children — or they should have....
Sisters hold a special place in their families. They may borrow clothes without permission, tease the other kids, tattle to the parents, and hog the bathroom. But they are often the ones keeping the family together. They are present in good times and bad, bringing their unwavering honesty and loyalty. People who have good relationships...
Quora user Isabella Laguna was pregnant with twins when she posted a question that infuriated the internet. During their preparations for childbirth, her husband demanded to have her in-laws in the delivery room. Childbirth is a beautiful thing, but it’s also a private affair Stress and emotions run high and most future mothers prefer to...
Tim Curry is an English singer and actor best known for his role as Dr. Frank-N-Furter in the cult film Rocky Horror Picture Show. His career spanned from Hair on West End to Spamalot on Broadway to playing Pennywise in the It TV series and Long John Silver in Muppet Treasure Island. However, the now-77-year-old...
It’s difficult to become a mom. This hard transition is often overlooked by ‘the miracle of birth’ and assumptions such as ‘if you love your child then, of course, you love being a mom’. However, entering motherhood can be exhausting and even terrifying. Many new mothers wake up one day and realize they have changed....
Spring cleaning is one of the most relaxing ways to blow off steam. This activity is one way to help purge your home of negative energies and to let in those positive vibes… and it will be clean too, which is helpful for the neat freak in us. The dirt, dust, specks, and lint stuck...
Dustin and Caren Moore wanted children for almost a decade. And after nine years of miscarriages, fertility treatments, and the complicated process of adoption, they finally became parents of a beautiful baby girl. She was just eight days old when they adopted her in Colorado. On the plane ride home to California, they were asked...