How to wear your baby's name without looking like a derp
We look like derps out there, pouring shame upon our children and unborn future generations. Although I have no answers for mom jeans and the mom bob, I submit that the following mommy jewelry items...
View ArticleMoms learn the hard way that there's no 'safe time' to have sex
Lunch break booty call gone wrong "I'm a stay-at-home mom of three kids under the age of 6. My husband works a 9-to-5 job that's really actually closer to an 8-to-6 job. By the time he gets home, I'm...
View ArticleWhat scares you the most about getting older? (VIDEO)
Melissa says, "As far as getting older, I’m really not afraid of anything. I don’t live my life from a place of fear. I do get scared of things. But if something comes into my life that is challenging...
View ArticleVintage ad depicts bondage obstetrical table
The New York Academy of Medicine's Center for the History of Medicine and Public Health's Facebook page often posts interesting tidbits about medical history which I find fascinating. However, a recent...
View ArticleRedditor's sexually active 13-year-old daughter is giving me nightmares
Hello and welcome to my biggest nightmare, in the form of this Reddit user's question about how to handle the fact his 13-year-old daughter is engaging in sexual intercourse with her boyfriend. And...
View ArticleAdults caught on video cheering young children's fistfight
Children fighting video Children fighting video In the video, you can clearly see three young kids violently fighting one another with fists and force, while a group of adults looks on cheering,...
View ArticleHow to make a sensory table (VIDEO)
To get started, you need a table or other surface that has a recessed top so you can put things inside of it. After that, you can go in a variety of different directions with your sensory table. Fill...
View ArticleThe Mamafesto: I am a mom, and I support legal abortion
Once I gave birth to my son, I found myself even more committed to the fight for reproductive justice. After trying for oh so many years to prevent pregnancy, I found that once I started trying to get...
View ArticleThere's nothing feminist about forcing kids to drop F-bombs (NSFW)
It's amazingly important that we raise our girls to believe that they are as equal to boys in every way. I believe in empowering girls, and teaching them all about feminism, and that equality is their...
View ArticleJim Bob Jr.? Jill Duggar hints at baby names for her son
"We are not going to do a letter theme," said Jill, who is due this spring and is around 19 weeks pregnant. "But we may do some kind of theme, like family names." It's probably a good idea that she not...
View ArticleThe time to address your childhood sexual abuse is now
I know I did. More accurately, I faced it for the first time when I was 22 and babysitting for a friend's 2-year-old daughter. I changed the baby's diaper before bedtime, and she burst into a tantrum...
View ArticleStop calling motherhood a job
Most tired, frazzled, stressed-out moms are comforted by this platitude: Being a mom is the toughest job in the world. I understand this saying, but I don't agree with it. Yes, on my very worst days —...
View ArticleCeleb bump day: Kate Middleton, Blake Lively, Vanessa Lachey, Kourtney K.
Patron of The Natural History Museum, Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge walks with museum director Michael Dixon ats she leaves the Natural History Museum after she attended the Wildlife Photographer of...
View ArticleMiddle school sex education is actually working
The program, created for students in sixth through eighth grades, has had some truly successful results for both kids and parents. According to Jen Slonaker, Vice President of Education & Training...
View ArticleTerrible Teens: The ups and downs of raising 3 teenagers
It seems like yesterday that I was corralling a 3-year-old boy in Buzz Lightyear toddler undies, a 2-year-old darling diapered princess and a newborn into the bath at night, wishing for the days where...
View ArticleEnough Down syndrome awareness, let's talk acceptance
With estimates that at least 250,000 Americans have Down syndrome, society knows the genetic condition exists. Besides, the national Down syndrome organizations' campaigns to raise awareness seem to...
View Article10 Reasons Halloween might be canceled
I was raised in a strict Christian home, which meant that Halloween fun was real, real bad. Let me tell you that a harvest festival with Biblical costumes is no match for actual trick-or-treating. Yes,...
View ArticleFootball coach fired amid allegations of racist behavior
racist-football-coach-bud-walpole-report racist-football-coach-bud-walpole-report Good morning, everyone. Just checking, is it still 2014? It is? Great! If that's the case, can someone please explain...
View ArticleMom leads cops on a high-speed chase with her baby in the car
33-year-old Georgia mom Jamila Jones had her 1-year-old son and the father of the child in the van with her when she fled both New Mexico and Texas State Police. New Mexico State Police reported her...
View Article8 Times you will play your child for a fool
1. When you pull the old bait-and-switch Photo Credit: giphy.com Who hasn't swapped out something desirable for something nasty? Whether you're telling your child that the beef tongue they're eating is...
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