One day, Tom Mitchell’s teenage daughter Shayla told him that she hadn’t been feeling well and thought she had a sinus infection. She asked her dad if he could take her to the doctor’s. After school the following day, Tom did just that, with the plan of getting dinner together afterward. The pair did have...
In the late 1940s, a heartbreaking image showing four children for sale was published in newspapers across the United States. A woman named Lucille Chalifoux and her husband, Ray faced the challenges of being out of work and on the verge of eviction and seemingly had no other option. However, there may have been more...
In a heartbreaking tale, a 9-year-old boy from the Netherlands, went on a violent killing spree. Strangling 11 animals, 9 rabbits and 2 guinea pigs. He won’t be facing legal consequences as he’s under the age of 12. However, the boy will undergo rigorous therapy at a care center. The 9-year-old, whose identity is anonymous,...
A father from Idaho is asking for parents to teach their kids about bullying. His seven-year-old son, Jackson, became a target due to a rare medical condition that disfigured his face. Despite his school’s efforts to stop the bullies, Jackson has spoken about his thoughts of suicide. In 2017, Dan Bezzant opened up about the...
A mother on TikTok went viral for opening a discussion about grandparents and boundaries. It began with Lisa Pontius posting a video where she danced to “The Joke Is On You” by Niki Watkins with the captions: “Boomers raising us with ‘my house, my rules’.” Then: “Boomers being mad when we set boundaries as adults.”...
When you shower, do you use soap all over your body, or only for the important bits? How about for your kids? Do they take a bath with soap every single day? Well, the Kunis-Kutcher family has a different approach when it comes to bathing kids and themselves, too. They say they only soap up...
Imagine this: You’re a parent walking around the grocery store with your child. Whether out of frustration, anger, or completely out-of-the-blue, your child loudly lets out a swear word for everyone in the store to hear. You are shocked and embarrassed. You wonder where they learned that word and are angry at them for using...
Misconceptions about attachment parenting are the reasons why many parents avoid lying with their kids at night. Attachment parenting (AP) simply means nurturing the healthy connection that children can develop with their parents. It revolves around deepening the parent-child bond rather than severing it as the child grows older. Unable to Handle Emotions Critics over...
Every soon-to-be parent wants the same thing: to have a happy, healthy baby. News that your child is to be born with any type of physical or mental disability is difficult to hear. The tests, surgeries, and medical challenges that you and your child face are one thing, perhaps the more challenging are the emotional...
He made billions of dollars from devices, but Steve Jobs didn’t let his kids use an iPad. In a New York Times article, Nick Bilton recalled asking Jobs how his kids liked the new gadgets. And Jobs replies, “They haven’t used it. We limit how much technology our kids use at home.” His strict policy...
In 2019, Reddam House Private School, located in Sydney’s eastern suburbs, officially banned iPads and went back to regular textbooks. The school has developed a bring-your-own-device policy with a preference for laptops. Reddam House Private School has used iPads for e-textbooks for the past five years. The school says that teachers agree with the decision...
Children’s beauty pageants began in the 1960s, imitating the adult Miss America pageant. They include categories like a talent showcase and fashion categories. However, the television series Toddlers and Tiaras put these kinds of competitions into the spotlight. It’s also been at the center of many controversies. The show displayed a four-year-old’s performance impersonating Dolly...
