By Nicole Walkow Shortly after I quit drinking, I would have these moments where I felt like I needed to come clean with my parents about stuff from the past. One of the biggest moments was when I told them that I’m not only an alcoholic, but I was also abusing amphetamines and cocai….pot. My […]
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Anti-Vaxxers Cause Largest Chickenpox Outbreak In North Carolina In Decades
In this edition of “Why Vaccines Matter,” a private elementary school is experiencing the largest outbreak of chickenpox in the state of North Carolina since the vaccine was introduced twenty-three years ago. To date, at least 36 students at the Asheville Waldorf School in Asheville, N.C. have been diagnosed. The school is home to 152 […]
Getting Your Kid a Flu Shot: 7 Stages of Grief
By Heather Osterman-Davis Flu season is upon us, and that means one thing. Parents everywhere are faced with the dilemma about the flu vaccine – “How the Heck Do I Get My Kid to Take It?” Saying my son is scared of needles is kind of like saying the Antarctic is filled with ice. Strike that, was filled with […]
Fighting Depression During My Favorite Time of Year
By Britt LeBoeuf of These Boys of Mine I love fall. Like legit – I’d live in Halloweentown if it were a real place, give me all the pumpkin spice, foliage is music to my eyes, sayonara summer – LOVE fall. It’s my happy place. At least in my heart it is. You see, while […]
The Mama With Scars
By Casey Desrochers I’m a mom with scars. I don’t mean emotional scars (though I definitely have those, too). I don’t mean a c-section scar. My pregnancy, labor, and delivery were all textbook perfect—so perfect that I never want to do it again. But no, I mean scars that I inflicted on myself during a stage […]
Mom’s Tragic Warning About The Danger Of Kids Sleeping In Car Seats
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 toddler down to nap in […]
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 parent to decide how to […]
Why Should You Vent?
By Dana Basu of Everything But Crazy Why should you vent? I lost my cool today. It wasn’t a big thing, just the usual suspects: having a timeline, running late, the baby crying, multiple family members asking me to do things all at once, and everyone getting in my way as I attempted to complete those […]