Eva Mendes is known for being reasonably private about her personal life. She doesn’t often talk about her marriage to actor Ryan Gosling or about her two children. Earlier this month, however, she opened up a bit about her parenting techniques. She posted a quote on her opinion on whether or not you should spank...
Whether it was recently or early on in their lives, anyone who has lost a parent will know how difficult it can be. I found my own experience losing a parent extremely tough, and I struggled to move on for many years. When we are growing up, our relationships with our parents shape us and...
Being a parent is a tough job. Raising children is expensive, and can be stressful, exhausting, and at times downright frustrating. Even having just one child can keep you busy from morning ’til night. But what if you had six hundred children? That is the case for the woman who fostered 600 kids over 50 years....
An Australian mom took to TikTok to say why you should never make your child hug someone. Brittany Baxter begins her video by asking, “can we please start normalizing the fact that kids do not have to kiss and hug adults?” and she sparked an important discussion about consent. “What, we have to ask the...
When we marry, we marry our partner’s families as well, the good, the bad, and the downright right sneaky. Sometimes we get lucky and find a partner with a great family team behind them. A good support system that only adds to our new life together. But, could you imagine marrying someone, having a baby with...
A new mother’s review of her baby went viral. Here is the story behind her short but extraordinary message of gratitude. Jessica Egan and her husband were thrilled when she was expecting. They had been trying to conceive for some time, even after a failed IVF. Jessica had joined an infertility support group and the...
Being a single mom comes with its set of hardships, and this is particularly true for one UK mother. Kelly Thomson, a single mom from Slough, Berkshire is surviving off one meal a day in an attempt to make ends meet, and she’s already lost nearly 30lbs because of it. With the rate of inflation...
When you have 16 children, it could get tough to name the 16th child. This couple from North Carolina recently welcomed their 16th kid but had no clue what to name them. Interestingly, this family has a tradition of naming their kids with the letter C. Now with not many names remaining with C, they...
Grandmothers can be a vital source of support for new moms. They can impart their wisdom and experience on child-rearing, and help out with the new baby. One mother thought she had a perfect arrangement with her mother-in-law, who watched her two-month-old son while the parents worked full-time. But during the third week of this,...
Whenever you go to a restaurant with your family, you don’t have a ton of expectations. You’re just going to get something to eat, hang out, and try to enjoy yourselves. Being a parent can have unexpected twists and turns. On top of that, life has an odd way of giving you adversity in the...
In March of 2018, Rubin Swift of Cleveland, Ohio, found out he had a newborn baby girl in Phoenix, Arizona. He also found out that he had custody of the child. He flew to Phoenix to get her, only to find out that she wasn’t allowed on the plane. Stuck, this dad and newborn were...
We live in a world where technology is ever-evolving. We are fortunate enough to own many gadgets that help us with our lives, from our computers and smartphones to seemingly more simple things like a Roomba vacuum cleaner. But what happens when the robots ‘take over’? While we don’t think that’s happening anytime soon, we...
