For plenty of people, the end of daylight saving time is a gift: an extra hour of sleep and a lazy Sunday morning. For one mom with a middle schooler, it is the start of a very long week. Danielle Kelly, who hosts an ADHD parenting podcast called Chaos & Caffeine, wrote that the fall … Read more
Picture a little boy turning two. Everyone who loves him wants to give him something, and by the end of the party the living room looks like a toy store after a tornado. A grandmother who runs a website for grandparents says that scene is playing out in homes across the country, and she has … Read more
Most parents think of a playdate as a harmless way to get kids out of the house for an afternoon. One Instagram mom says that if you keep repeating the same playdates with the same families long enough, you may be doing something bigger without noticing: choosing your child’s friends for them. Jess Altro, a … Read more
A mom with a toddler at home got an invitation that sounded like a good time on paper: a big shared Airbnb, a January weekend away, and a close friend’s 30th birthday to celebrate. Then she got to the part that stopped her cold. The trip was billed as “couples, no kids.” The woman, who … Read more
“Does this massager work good?” the garage sale hunter behind Reselling With Russell asked. The seller told him to go ahead and plug it in. It worked, and the asking price was $20. He offered $15, and the answer came quickly: “She’ll take 15.” A $15 Massager Plus Two Small Extras Made $19 At the … Read more
A Jack Skellington inflatable is a big thing to carry out of a garage sale. Heidi of The Picking Gilla spotted one and checked first whether it had any holes. “No, he works,” the seller told her. It is one of her husband’s favorite movies, and they already had a matching pumpkin inflatable. When she … Read more
When it rains, it pours, says Taylor, a full-time clothing reseller. The day she filmed, a plumber had just left because her bathroom had leaked through the kitchen again. A roofer was due Saturday because rain had come into her bedroom. The bills are large, she says, and “there’s nothing more motivating than having a … Read more
A stay-at-home mom of four boys printed out a cheat sheet on her phone and walked her viewers through a week of sales. In just 10 months of reselling, Skylar Peterson sold 34 items between October 19 and October 25. The total came to $924.91 in sales, with about $146 in cost of goods and, … Read more
There are 1,656 listings in his eBay shop and thousands of dollars of inventory on the shelves, waiting for anyone to come along and buy it. Then came one slow weekend. The reseller behind Hot Lunch says he had one sale on Saturday and three on Sunday. Adding the numbers up for his video, he … Read more
Lorraine Picket was 78 when she sold her house in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and she was certain the things inside were worth $40,000. The estate sale ran three days. The check was $6,212. “Nobody wants your stuff,” says Margaret Ashford, who says she spent 30 years walking into living rooms and watched this play out in … Read more