Oh, the lovely world of social media. A place where everyone has an opinion about you. What you wear, where you go, who your friends are. How you raise your kids, how many children you have, which school you send them to. The list is endless. And yes, while everyone is entitled to their opinion,...

Grandparents are their grandkids’ happy place. They are like a home away from home. That said, when they live in the same house as their grandkids, it’s like every day is Christmas.  Studies have shown that this close-knit relationship between grandparents and their grandkids is far more beneficial than was previously assumed. There are lots...

Women’s health conditions are generally studied less than men’s, and postnatal health gets more attention than postpartum health, which makes this survey the first of its kind. Is it possible for formerly pregnant women to feel phantom baby kicks? According to this study, absolutely! Women can feel these phantom kicks up to 28 years after...

Laney Morrison expected to be overwhelmed after her divorce. She was now a single parent in a little house with two children. Taking care of the household all on her own stressed her out immensely, and she wondered if she could handle it. After the dust settled, she realized, to her shock, that running her...

Pregnancy is a huge deal for any expectant mother, especially if it is her first child. She may have read all the books about what to expect when you’re expecting and even taken part in classes about labor, breathing, and breastfeeding. However, nothing will stop the irrational fear that somehow you’ll do something wrong and...

A miscarriage is extremely difficult to go through, especially for women. Lauren Warneford suffered through 18 miscarriages and thought that all hope was lost. Finally, in 2017, she and her partner had what they call their miracle baby. Today, Lauren wants to help other women having similar problems.  Woman Gave Birth To Miracle Baby After...

How close is too close? That’s the premise of TLC’s Mothered, a reality show that examines unique mother-daughter relationships. And by unique, we mean “too close for comfort.” Take, for instance, 55-year-old Mary and her 19-year-old daughter, Brittani. They shower together every morning, ever since Brittani was five. According to Mary, “The best way to...

When you were younger, did your parents charge you rent as long as you were working? How about when you were in school? This mom posted on the popular parenting forum Mumsnet asking if it was fair that she was charging her daughter rent and not her son. One was in a paid apprenticeship, the...

In all 50 states, it is perfectly legal to breastfeed in public places. Restaurants, shopping malls, parks, beaches – you name it, it is not illegal for a mother to feed her child there. Despite this, some people still try to shame moms for asserting this right. This is just what happened to a New...

After struggling with infertility after the birth of her son, this mom was thrilled to be pregnant yet again. When she found out she was going to have twins, she was even more shocked. Unfortunately, the delivery day was highly traumatic. Then, after finally being able to hold one of her daughters, she then found...

You are jolted awake at five in the morning by high-pitched screams from down the hall. You drag yourself out of bed to respond to the deafening “Mamma! Mamma!” exploding from the tiny lungs of your one-year-old daughter. Just as you finally get her settled and back to sleep, her two-year old older brother wakes...

Women have been wearing leggings for a very long time. Particularly now that athleisure is such a huge trend outside of simply gym wear, girls and women wear them in situations other than just working out. This mother, however, does not agree. She wrote an open letter called “The Legging Problem”, in which she said...