Lisa Smith got the call at work no parent should ever have to receive. Her 17-month-old daughter Amelia (Mia) had gone down for her nap at her dayhome and failed to wake up. On June 10, 2015, Mia’s longtime babysitter, who ran a licensed home daycare in Iowa, put the […]
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AAP Cracks Down On Spanking In New Statement: “Parents Should Never Hit Their Child”
A new policy statement from the American Academy of Pediatrics is cracking down on the use of spanking as a way to discipline kids. 20 years ago pediatricians were encouraging parents to find other ways to get their kids to behave—they still are. While it is ultimately up to the […]
Customers Band Together to Help Shop Owner, Proving the World Will Be Okay
I don’t know about you guys, but I’ve got one foot in the black hole where the internet and all of its ugliness ceases to exist. Between keyboard warriors spewing their judgment after reading only the headlines of articles, sancti-parents telling all the other parents how they’re doing it wrong, […]
Idaho Teachers Dress Up as Border Wall/Mexicans and the Ignorance Burns
Halloween always brings out the best in people. If by “best,” I mean “worst.” There’s the blackface. There’s the exploitation of culturally sacred Native American headdresses. And then there’s the group of Idaho teachers who decided it would be a great idea to dress up as a border wall and […]
World’s First Non-Binary Baby Proves that Gender is a Spectrum, Not a Box to Tick
By Heather Jones of hmjoneswriter.com How old were you when you realized you were a boy or a girl? For most of us, this is an uncomplicated question. We were assigned one or the other at birth based on our external genitalia, we were raised with the social constructs that […]
Girl Dresses Up As “Tired Mom” And Totally Nails It
There are moms out there who have it all together. Their hair is done, their makeup is flawless, they wear actual pants for pants, and their baby slept through the night at 6 weeks old. I am not one of these moms. I live in a constant state of exhaustion. […]
5 YO Boy Rushed to Hospital After Ingesting Meth While Trick-or-Treating
A 5-year-old boy was rushed to the hospital after having a seizure following Halloween festivities on Sunday. Doctors found methamphetamine in a urine sample collected upon arrival. Braylen Carwell, of Galion, OH, had just returned from an evening of trick-or-treating when his mother, Julia Pence, noticed something was off before […]
Pecan Resist: New Anti-Trump Ice Cream Flavor Will Give You Life
Feeling burnt out by today’s political climate? Ben & Jerry are here to help. The Vermont-based company launched a new flavor today to offer a little encouragement to the world, and it has a catchy name: Pecan Resist. In a statement, the good folks at B & G’s said: The company cannot be silent […]