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Someone Tell Khloe Kardashian We Don’t Dislike Kim For Her Baby Weight Gain, We Dislike Her For Being A Vapid Famewhore
Props to Khloe Kardashian for defending her big sister Kim against the throngs of pregnancy weight baby shamers out there, which maybe constitutes like ten people, all probably the same DudeBro who is pissy because Kim has a baby growing inside of her. Show More Summary
The Childless Need A Better Representative Figure Since They No Longer All Live In Shoes
Decades ago if one mentioned that a woman was childless, an image appeared in one's mind of a batty old woman with thirty cats who perhaps lived in a shoe. You don't need to review the newest research -- which says the number of American...Show More Summary
Anonymous Organizes #OpOk For Oklahoma And Once Again Makes Me Believe In Superheroes
Oklahoma is heartbreaking and beyond tragic. The helpers I have found are not only those I have seen on the news in yellow hats and safety vests, but those who have no name and no identity, and the only collective agreement that as humans on this planet we need to do anything we can to help. Show More Summary
Apologies To My Children, At Ages 7 and 5
Post by Linda Sharps (I wrote some apologies to my kids four years ago -- I thought it was time for a follow-up.) Riley, I'm sorry I don't always have the patience to endure the near-constant barrage of pshew pshew pshew sound effects that come out of your noise-hole. Show More Summary
Advice Columnist Tells 14-y.o. She Needs an Older Babysitter Who Can Drive
Readers — Is there anyone in any position of authority who EVER says, “Well, the chances are not 100% that your kid will be safe if you do X, but they’re close enough not to worry about them”? If not, maybe that should be my next job: Ask the Free-Ranger. In the meantime, I present what [...]
How Do You Like Your Name, Ailsa?
An interview with a Welsh woman named Ailsa. more
Disaster Relief: The Red Cross and the Okies
Some days I look around me at the Rocky Mountains, the streams that are all over our area, the rolling green hills, the big sky and fantastical cloud formations and really feel grateful that I can live in such a beautiful area. Boulder, Colorado, surely one of the prettiest towns in one of the most majestic states in the USA. Show More Summary
How you can help the Oklahoma tornado victims
I cannot even imagine the stress and grief of the Oklahoma parents as they try to find their children in the rubble of two elementary schools hit by tornadoes on Monday. There was an awful description in an AP story: “A man with a megaphone stood Monday evening near St. Show More Summary
Stick A Needle in My Eye? Not Anymore!
Hey Readers — The American Studies major in me can’t get enough of the way language changes with the culture. At my lectures (book me!) I always point out what someone once noted right here: “Arrival” and “dismissal” at school have morphed into “drop-off” and “pick-up.” Inherent in those new terms is the idea that an [...]
Pathetic Excuse for a Human Being Calls Baby 'Ugly' on National TV (VIDEO)
Post by Jacqueline Burt My great-grandmother used to have a saying: "Every baby is beautiful, so where do all the ugly people come from?" Okay, she was a bit senile, but she had a point. Which is: All babies are beautiful. So for a grown man to call an 18-month-old baby girl "ugly" is both insensitive AND inaccurate. Show More Summary
8 Totally Tasteless Toddler T-Shirts
Post by Adriana Velez A dad was clothes shopping for his four-year-old daughter when he came across what he at first thought was a perfectly nice t-shirt. But then he saw what it read: "BARELY LEGAL" in pink camouflage lettering -- and "HUSTLER" in there, too, in case you didn't get the point. Show More Summary
What goes around
A public apology to my siblings who will flash an evil, knowing grin when they read this.
Evening Feeding: Single Mom, Superhero
Over the years, I’ve clung to this label of “single mother.” (HuffPo Parents) Are SAHDs the new feminists? (Babble) Your purse carries so many germs (The Stir) Beyonce on the cover of Ms. causes controversy (The Frisky) How to behave … More » Evening Feeding: Single Mom, Superhero is a post from Mommyish - Parenting Imperfect.
Teen Behind Goodbye Song 'Clouds' Dies and His Parents Should Be Proud (VIDEOS)
Post by Emily Abbate It feels like just yesterday when we were first inspired by Zach Sobiech, an 18-year-old from Minnesota fighting bone cancer. Sobiech, who was diagnosed with osteosarcoma, shared his smile with the world with his viral hit about facing death, "Clouds," last December. Show More Summary
Helping Your Child Recover From Addiction
Experts sometimes refer to addiction as a family illness, but it’s not because of any biological context. It’s about the emotional repercussions of addiction. If one family member is experiencing addiction, the whole family suffers. This is especially true for parents who are witnessing their child go through addiction. Parents have this overwhelming need to [...]
Study Shows That Kids As Young As 4 Don’t Want Non-Skinny Friends
This just in from the WTF Are We Teaching Our Children files. Blame the media, blame the parents, blame cultural messages but please blame somebody or something. Because there is no reason why children as young as four should be eschewing...Show More Summary
Stop Letting Your Budget Manage You
Does your financial situation make you feel like you’re constantly underwater? A 2013 study by Allstate Insurance found that 4 out of every 10 Americans are living paycheck to paycheck and trying to afford the essentials for their family on less money than they need. Show More Summary
School Officials Refuse to Read Transgendered Boy's Name at High School Graduation (VIDEO)
Post by Kiri Blakeley
It must be confusing enough to be born the wrong gender. But add to that that your school refuses to call you by your real name (as opposed to your legal name) and now you've got humiliation on top of confusion....Show More Summary
Why Keeping Kids From Funerals Is a Bad Idea
Post by Sasha Brown-Worsham Last week, my mother-in-law died suddenly of a heart attack in her sleep on Mother's Day. There are no words for the grief and shock and pain this sent through our family as we rushed to pack all of our things...Show More Summary
Dads' Modern Twist on Making a Baby Book Is the Most Beautiful Thing You'll Ever See (VIDEO)
Post by Mary Fischer Have you been good about updating a baby book since your little one arrived? You know, either a scrapbook with a bunch of photos and keepsakes in it, or one of those store bought books where you can record all of...Show More Summary
