Scared and stranded, she wasn’t quite sure what to do until a kindly stranger saw her standing outside of her car. He instructed her to get back inside, lock her doors, and wait for him to get back. Read More
Husbands Everywhere Are Hashtagging #Pregnantwife and We Can’t Get Enough!
Whether you remember laughter turning into sobbing, strange midnight requests for food, or just plain feeling entitled to 75% of the bed, we understand. We’ve been there. Read More
Attention Parents: Disturbing Videos are Slipping Past Filters on YouTube Kids
Unfortunately, there are a growing number of individuals who are taking it upon themselves to create scary, lewd, and downright inappropriate content that slips past the filters that YouTube has in place. Read More
Educator Uses a Balloon and Ping Pong Ball to Seamlessly Demonstrate Childbirth
Liz Chalmers, co-owner of Puget Sound Midwives and Birth Center in Seattle, has an excellent teaching tool that is taking the internet by storm, and it involves only a single balloon and a ping pong ball. Read More
Parents Share Before and After Kids Photos and They Are So Relatable
It’s a light-hearted jab at some of the more superficial sacrifices of parenthood. Is anyone saying it’s not worth it? Of course not! All of the wrinkles, unwashed (and graying) hair, all of the lost sleep pales in comparison to the joy that is raising children. Read More
Hospital’s ‘ICU Grandpa’ Cuddles Newborns When Their Parents Can’t Be With Them
An angel in an 82-year-old man’s body, David Deutchman volunteers his free time at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta’s ICUs, coming in to snuggle babies whose parents are away from them. Read More
Mom Shamed in Viral Airport Photo Speaks Out (And She Did Nothing Wrong)
Lensing had been wearing Anastasia in her baby carrier for most of the time they were in the airport, but, being a pediatric nurse, knew she had to let her stretch out. She put down a blanket and laid her baby girl down to look around and get some much needed leg-kicking time. Read More
I Need My Husband in Parenting
Two parents are involved in the making of a child, and two should certainly put their personality and gifts into raising them. Maybe we need to learn to step back and just watch, appreciate, and learn. Read More
One Mom’s “Hug Button” Sends Son Virtual Hugs On His First Day of School
My husband and I sent our firstborn off to Kindergarten this month and I felt like there was a gaping hole in my heart watching her walk off. She did so with confidence and a huge smile, but I know for many, that is not the case. Tears are common. It can be scary leaving mom’s side. Read More
Grieving Mother Creates the Empty Photo Project to Show the Reality of Child Loss
The thing about living through grief is that, often, the most cathartic action you can take is to help others through their own suffering. And that’s exactly what Susanna did with the Empty Photo Project. Read More