Being happily married usually leads to having children. But for some couples, conceiving a child is not as simple, leading to years or even a lifetime of emptiness. For this couple, being unable to have a baby was a very real part of their lives, but there is a happy ending to this tale! Patiently...
When you are a mom, you deal with things that no one else notices, and sometimes those things can start weighing you down. Everyone needs a break to forget about the messy house, the homework checks, the laundry, and the grocery list. Having a day to recover and recuperate from the stresses of daily mom-life...
The modern world is not the easiest place to be living in. There are so many things to keep in consideration, like housing and rental prices, cost of fuel, and just general cost of living. Life is expensive and seems to be getting worse. Parents are having to come up with creative ideas where they...
A hospital sign shaming new parents about phone use in the special care baby unit (SCBU) of Yeovil District Hospital sparked great debate on Twitter over modern parenting’s greatest question mark: Parental phone use. (1) Hospital Sign Shaming New Parents Sparks Debate on Twitter Dr. Ash Cottrella was in the SCBU with his five-day-old baby....
Dawn took a video of her six-year-old son’s party 30 minutes after it began. The park is set with party decorations, cupcakes, candles — but no one came. The entire park is empty. She had invited over 20 people to the outdoor gathering, which was allowed according to her local lockdown rules. In a video...
In traditional parenting, most of us assign whatever binary gender matches the child’s biological sex when they are born. We then raise them based on gender norms predetermined by society. This parenting duo decided to use gender-creative parenting when raising their child. This method’s main value is that children raised without gender will be more...
How young is too young to wax your eyebrows? When this child’s cousins began bullying this mom’s daughter about her unibrow, she decided to wax it off for her so the bullying would stop. When the father found out, however, he was very upset. She asked Reddit their opinion on how young is too young...
Parents have a huge impact on their children, starting from the minute they are born and it lasts even long after they are grown and gone. Though there are more concrete things like genetic traits and family traditions, it goes deeper than that. A parent’s affection can actually have a lasting and profound impact on the...
The journey to parenthood is often full of challenges. While some can be prevented, postpartum depression is one challenge that some women don’t recover from. Moreover, it’s a challenge not often discussed, leaving women feeling even more isolated and alone. As such, husband, now widower Tyler Sutton, speaks out about his late wife’s suicide. Postpartum...
Get ready for something completely unexpected. This story, has made its way around our social media news feeds. It is worth the share. The mother had seen a disturbingly dark mark on the roof of her child’s mouth. Having never seen this before, she feared the worst and immediately went to the doctors to find...
Toys have come a long way, and these days they can do some really cool things. Water beads are one example. They are tiny solid balls made of food-grade silicone. When the water beads are soaked, they expand and become semi-squishy. The water beads are a great activity for kids three and up, particularly as...
Teaching children consent at an early age is extremely important. They should know that they don’t have to accept hugs, kisses, or touching of any kind from anyone if they don’t want it. That includes family members. After an altercation between her mother in law and her daughter, however, one mom wanted to know: should she...
