Welcome Back To School... & Push Notification Hell

Ping! Ping! Ping! [Scary Mommy Daily]( Aug. 8, 2024 [Welcome Back To School... & Push Notification Hell]( NO MORE [Welcome Back To School... & Push Notification Hell]( Today it’s time to tackle the aspect of back-to-school that I’m perhaps least excited about: getting back on all those apps. I bet there’s half a dozen you’ve been ignoring all summer. And now that the phantom dings have finally stopped… it’s time to start again. Well, Meg St-Esprit has a very satisfying rant about the pings that’ll be running your life again soon. “PowerSchools, Class Dojo, SeeSaw, TeamSnap, some app that manages our lunch accounts (or claims to, but actually sucks) — how many apps can one community use? A lot, apparently, and from talking to friends I know this is the case across the country,” she writes. “While our Boomer parents love to tell us to ‘just put our phones down and be present,’ every facet of modern parenting is driven by push alerts and group chats. We can’t, mom.” You’ll find yourself nodding along to this one. — Kelly Faircloth, Executive Editor [Read More ⮕]( Latest [All The Best ‘90s Back-To-School Gear Your Kids (& You) Will Love]( gimme [All The Best ‘90s Back-To-School Gear Your Kids (& You) Will Love]( Pack up your Pogs in your Jansport backpack, get out your Smencils, and you’re ready to go. [Read More.]( [Mom Shares Uncomfortable Moment With Man Who Complimented Her Young Daughter's Appearance]( NO thank you [Mom Shares Uncomfortable Moment With Man Who Complimented Her Young Daughter's Appearance]( The man was irked that the little girl did not say thank you. [Read More.]( [Mom Of 4 Wonders Why Only Children "Attach Themselves" To Her Family On Vacations]( it takes a village [Mom Of 4 Wonders Why Only Children "Attach Themselves" To Her Family On Vacations]( She blames uninvolved parents. [Read More.]( Featured [A young girl hugging a black dog against a geometrically patterned wall. Both look off to the side.]( Catherine Falls Commercial/Getty Images Doggone It [Don't Ignore These Red Flags Between Your Dog & Your Kid]( Elizabeth Narins is tackling a tough subject today — the prospect of your dog getting aggressive with your kid. She writes: “Chances are you love your dog like a child, and your dog loves your child like it's their own. But that doesn't mean both are in the clear for hostile behavior, warns Beverly Ulbrich, a San Francisco-based dog behavioralist and owner of The Pooch Coach Dog Training.” Here’s what you need to know. [Read More ⮕]( What Else We're Reading ⮕ [How To Advocate For Yourself At The Dentist]( ⮕ [Meet the 20-Somethings Taking ‘Adult Gap Years’]( ⮕ [Casey McQuiston Is A Method Writer — In A ‘Non-Douchebaggy Way’]( Follow us on: [instagram]( [facebook]( [tiktok]( [x_social]( [Want to Advertise With Us? Get in Touch.]( You're receiving this email because you signed up to receive communications from BDG Media. If you believe this has been sent to you in error, please safely [unsubscribe](. Or to manage preferences click [here]( BDG Media, Inc. · 315 Park Ave. South · New York, NY 10010 · USA Copyright 2024 BDG Media, Inc. All rights reserved.