If you’re not wanting to deal with the mess, clean up, and danger of using sharp objects around your little ones, we’ve rounded up some absolutely adorable no-carve alternatives that are sure to make your front porch look BOO-tiful! Read More
Dad’s Post About Daughter Backing Out of Ear Piercing Is an Important Lesson On Consent
But they left the store, without holes or brand new birthday earrings. According to Adam, Adelaide kept saying, over and over, “Thank you for understanding.” According to him, this is because “Her voice has been heard. Her choice has been honored. Her body is her own, and she knows that those who love her will respect her choices.” Read More
Stay-At-Home Mom’s Post About Her Household Duties Absolutely Nails It
There just isn’t enough energy, or time, in one day. Whereas I have heard plenty of horrible stories about spouses who become angry at their wives for not having dinner on the table every night or the house spotless after a day of being with the kids, I depend on my husband. I need, we need, his support to keep this ship running smoothly– and that is proper. Read More
Viral Video Showing Children Making Friends Reminds Us How It’s Done
Children have no tact when it comes to engaging people they’re interested in. If they want to know why you’re sitting alone, how much money you make, or any number of super personal questions their little minds can come up with, they’re just going to ask. No apologies. That’s what makes this video so pure. Read More
Just in Time For Back To School Season: Hilarious First Day Photos For Your Enjoyment
For those kids, sitting in front of your perfectly chalkboard-lettered signs pretending to be excited for the end of their carefree days is just too much to bear. Thankfully, many of those children’s moms snap the photo anyway… and share away, for all of us to see. Whether they’re in preschool or highschool, sometimes it’s just plain hard to go back to responsibility. Read More
98-Year-Old Mom Moves Into Nursing Home To Care For 80-Year-Old Son “Because You Never Stop Being A Mum”
And one of the most heartwarming things? Tom seems pretty pleased with the arrangement, too. “[Things are] very good here and I’m happy to see my mum more now she lives here. She’s very good at looking after me. Sometimes she’ll say ‘Behave yourself!’” This should give us all hope that our children will always want us to be their mamas. Read More
Teacher Writes Tearjerking Letter to Kids Who Won’t Be Entering Kindergarten This Year
In the middle of all of the excitement and hustle, however, it’s easy to forget that there are people who are genuinely hurting at the beginning of this new school year: nobody more than parents who have lost children. As they watch their peers’ children (and even their deceased children’s friends) grow another year older and enter into a new grade, it is insanely painful to deal with the fact that their own won’t be joining them. Read More
Study Shows That Pregnant Millennials Are More Depressed Than Their Mothers Were
Crystal Clark, a psychiatrist and assistant professor at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, suggests that the increase in young women experiencing depression during pregnancy could likely be because there are fewer women in their age group who have children. More and more women are starting families later in life, she said. Read More
Breastfeeding in Public is (Finally!) Legal in All 50 States
Mothers (and hungry babies) everywhere rejoice– Breastfeeding in public is now legal in all 50 states after Idaho and Utah recently passed legislation protecting those rights. Read More
Strangers on Plane Hand Hundreds of Dollars to Teacher at a Low-Income School
Bermudez shares that she saw a $100 bill on top and immediately began to cry, promising him that she will make good use of the money, buying her students books and giving back to their community. When she got home later that evening and finally counted the money, she realized that this man gave her $500. Read More