If you have your ears pierced, at what age did you have them done? I was seven when I got mine done. My mom asked me if I wanted them, and after some thought, I decided yes. Some girls in my class whose parents had their ears pierced when they were less than a year...
More and more people are turning to the Internet for advice. Not only can we use Google search to answer every question. We also have access to social platforms through which, among other features, people can ask others for advice or perspective. One angry mom did just that when her daughter came home with piercings,...
After posting about her newborn on TikTok, a new mom receives backlash for piercing her daughter’s ears right after her birth. The “incriminating” video includes clips of the adorable little girl, Lara, one day after birth and clips of her as a three-month-old. In the first clip in the hospital, the adorable baby wears a...
Piercing an infant’s ears is an ongoing debate. On one side, some people believe that the choice should be up to the child once she grows up. Parents shouldn’t put their babies under a painful modification without their consent. On the other side, piercing an infant’s ears is common in many cultures. Many women who had...
At one point or another, most of us have used the dating app Tinder. Be it to have a fun fling or to try to find love. As we know, when setting up your profile on the app, you can choose the age group you’re interested in. Not very often, though, do we set it...
Aging is difficult for many reasons but staying active and caring for our bodies is a great way to age gracefully. Abbi Franklin from Guildford, Surrey, England has been having self-esteem issues as she recently hit a huge age milestone. However, the “glam mom” maintains her appearance and was recently “flattered” by an ID check...
When Courtney Carver began Project 333, in which you pair down your wardrobe and dress with only 33 items, she learned much more about just living with less. The process of learning what to keep, what to get rid of, and how to simply live with less, taught her lessons about the unnecessary emotional weight...
Fifteen years ago, six-year-old Zachary drowned in his family’s backyard pool. His mother, Karen Cohn, still grieves the horrific death, as she writes on HuffPost, “Each traumatic detail is etched into my memory ― the chlorine scent, the reflection of the late afternoon sun on the pool, the sweaty humidity, the piercing screams. The chaos...
No child is born the same, and no mother has the same mothering tactics. The internet recently exploded over a young mom’s TikTok post. She documented a trip to the hair salon with her five-year-old daughter after she had asked to bleach her hair. Naturally, the keyboard warriors were quick to react and shared their...
If you have ever been anywhere and been subjected to an unruly, screeching child, as a parent or not, it is not pleasant at all. While we can not always control our kids fully, the least we can do is remove them from the public space to calm them down. At least, that is what...
For unknown reasons, people like to tell others how they should be conducting themselves in life. As a result, many people share on TikTok and other social media platforms the mistakes made by others. As such, one TikTok user, and mom of Babygirl Lara, faced a wide range of feedback regarding her infant’s ear piercing....
One minute, you’re getting a small, meaningful symbol inked discreetly on your body, and the next, you find yourself being crowned the ‘most tattooed woman in the world.’ Such has been the whirlwind journey of Esperance Fuerzina, a 36-year-old army veteran from Connecticut, whose body is now a living, breathing canvas with 99.8 percent of...