It started back in May. She dropped her stainless steel sippy, and the bottom rim landed right in the middle of her big toenail. For hours, she was beside herself. All we could do was kiss and hug her and say, “Yep… it sucks to drop something on your t…
Robin Williams’ Daughter Donated To Homeless Shelters In Honor Of His Birthday
On August 11th, 2014, the whole world was saddened to learn that the great comedian Robin Williams had taken his own life. Now every year on his birthday, his daughter Zelda donates to a charity in his memory. This year for his 69th birthday, she decided to do just what her dad would have wanted:…
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Ex-Kindergarten teacher’s post about why she quit teaching goes viral for how real it is.
Teaching is one of the most difficult and yet most important jobs you can have. Despite this, teachers are continuously underpaid, underappreciated, and lack the support they need from their school boards and the families of their students. This former kindergarten teacher quit teaching for reasons that may surprise most people. This is her story….
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A Letter to my Children: You do not come from a Broken Home
The title of a “broken home” is often given to families who have gone through a divorce. This word broken, however, implies that there is only hardship where love still exists. To discuss this, Kate Rose wrote a letter to her children. In it she says that just because they’ve experienced the divorce of their…
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Pandemic Causing Kids to Regress, Experts Say
The COVID-19 pandemic has been stressful no matter who you are, and children are no exception. If you have noticed your children acting out more than usual lately, or reverting back to old habits or behaviours that you thought they’d grown out of a long time ago, you’re not alone. Many parents across the country…
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This Superhero Dad Has Rescued Over 1,600 Kids From Sex Trafficking
It’s hard to imagine that anyone would want to purchase children for sex slavery, and yet this highly illegal industry is booming in the U.S. and around the world. Approximately 1.2 million children are trafficked every year. (2) After saving over 1600 children from sex trafficking, a father of nine is stopping at nothing to…
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Educators Believe ‘Parents Should Be Panicked’ About Schools Opening Back Up In The Fall
When schools across the country were forced to close in the spring because of the COVID-19 pandemic, many parents struggled to balance working from home while trying either homeschool their children or help them stay on top of their online learning. As families struggled through the latter part of the school year, one thing kept…
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Mom Tells Her Sons to Keep Feminine Products in their Backpacks
Menstruation is a normal and healthy part of life, with 26% of the global population (about half of the female population) are in the reproductive stage of life. Still, menstruation is stigmatized all over the world, leading to damaging misconceptions and even discrimination. Although many educate girls on the topic, boys are very often left…
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‘Adulting 101’ The High School Class That Teaches Real-World Survival Skills That’s Going Viral
“Adulting is hard.” This is a phrase you commonly hear among college students and those new to the workforce, and you know what? They’re right. Being an adult is hard, but it is especially challenging when you don’t have much of the basic skills and knowledge that generations prior to the millennials and generation Z-ers…
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Fed-Up Mother Writes ‘Tough Love’ Letter To Her 13-Year-Old Son – Parents Everywhere Applaud Her
The teenage years are tough for everyone, including the parents. As your children begin to grow into young adults before your eyes, they often go through some growing pains in the process. Often this includes attempting to assert their own independence, but it doesn’t always come out in the best way. After experiencing this with…
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Aboriginal Man Traveled 2,000 Miles To Attend His Granddaughter’s Graduation
So far, 2020 has been a pretty challenging year, and there has been far more bad news than good. We know that this year may not be delivering all the positive stories you’d like to be hearing, so why don’t we turn back the clock a few years to 2015, and reminisce about a truly…
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How A Year of Living Off the Grid With Kids Helped Prepare for the Global Pandemic
Last year, Caroline Van Hemert, her husband, and their two young sons packed up twelve duffle bags with the essentials and left their home in Anchorage, Alaska for New Zealand. For the next year, the family lived off-grid, spending eight weeks in a 1998 Nissan Caravan, four weeks in a tent, two weeks in backcountry…
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Colorado Mom Adopts 1-Year-Old Child After Learning She Was Fostering Son’s Biological Sibling
One of the hardest concepts for adoptive children to grasp is not having any connection to or knowledge of their biological family. This is why when this Colorado mother found out that her two adoptive children had another brother in need of adopting, she knew there was only one thing to do: adopt this child…
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Johnny Depp Admits Giving His 13-Year-Old Daughter Marijuana
On July seventh, Johnny Depp stated in court during a trial against British newspaper The Sun, that he was “involved” in the decision that allowed his now 21-year-old daughter to use cannabis. The actor told the court that he gave some of his own marijuana to his daughter, Lily-Rose Depp, after discussing it with her…
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Aunt Shares Post About the Moment Her Nephew Crawled Into A Stranger’s Arms
Kids are more perceptive than we give them credit for. When all we need is a hug, kids can pick up on that. And since they are blessed with being unhindered by routine social standards, they can give the bests hugs. Anyone who has been cuddled by a child knows how precious and heart-warming every…
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Scotland becomes the first country in the world to add LGBTQI history to school curriculum
Scotland has now taken an important step toward combating homophobia and is the first country in the world to include LGBTQI history as a part of their school curriculum. For centuries, the LGBTQI (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and Intersex) community has faced discrimmination, violence, oppression, and persecution at the hands of the church, state,…
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No One Came to His Graduation So His Teacher Decided to Celebrate With Him Instead
Some classes won’t have an official graduation ceremony this year because of the current pandemic. The classes in safer areas must be thrilled to have the experience of officially graduating and celebrating their academic accomplishments. However, a graduation can become miserable if your family doesn’t bother to show up. That’s what happened to one teenager…
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Kids Don’t Need Plastic Junk. So, Please Stop Buying It.
Dolls, trucks, Lego, and action figures are all classic children’s toys that have one thing in common: they’re all made of plastic. In fact, in 2017 the website ecobirdy.com conducted a survey which found that 90 percent of all children’s toys are made entirely out of plastic [1]. These brightly-colored plastic toys are placed conveniently…
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There’s A Theme Park That Allows Kids To Operate Construction Machinery
Whether you were a kid who was star-struck by construction equipment or have a child who is, Diggerland is the place for you. That’s right, there is a theme park where instead of roller coasters and thrill rides, kids get to operate construction equipment. Diggerland: A Construction Lover’s Dream Park In West Berlin, New Jersey,…
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How a Lack of Alone Time Affects the Mental Health of Moms
A 2018 study found that the average parent gets a mere 32 minutes of alone time every day [1]. If you are a parent, this lack of time to yourself can cause a high level of stress and can lead to not only mental and physical health problems, but it can negatively impact your ability…
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Dear Dads, Take More Pictures Of Mom And Her Kids
If there’s one thing that a lot of parents have in common, it’s that they love taking pictures of their children. Their cameras are constantly at the ready to capture all of the candid moments that our kids experience throughout their childhood, so they can have memories to look back on when they’re grown and…
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This Chart Shows You Which Chores Are Age-Appropriate For Your Kids
Household chores can seem never-ending, but when you get the whole family involved it can lighten the load for everyone. As most parents know, however, getting your kids to do chores can often be a challenge, and can sometimes take some creativity. While your kids may initially put up some resistance, getting them involved in…
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Meet Magnolia Earl, the First-Ever Adopted Child to Be Named a Gerber Baby!
Remember the Gerber Baby Photo Contest? Well, the 2020 contest has come to a conclusion and the results are as historic as they are adorable. Meet your new 2020 Gerber Baby Magnolia Earl, the first-ever adopted child to become the company’s ‘spokesbaby’. Magnolia Earl Becomes the First-Ever Adopted Child Gerber Baby Little Magnolia, who turned…
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Photographer Gives Birth to Twins, One Dark-Skinned and the Other Albino, and They Are a Sight For Sore Eyes
When Judith Nwokocha, a Nigerian-Canadian photographer first saw her albino twins, she thought the nurses had handed her the wrong baby. [1] The 38-year-old photographer based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada had been trying to conceive for eight years with her husband who is also African. They were finally blessed with the most adorable set of…
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Evidence Your Older Sibling Is Probably Smarter Than You
Turns out when your older sibling jokes around that they are the older and therefore wiser sibling, they might actually be right. A 2016 study found that older siblings are, in fact, more academically inclined than their younger counterparts. Science Says Your Older Sibling Is Smarter The study, which was published in the Journal of…
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Getting Through Father’s Day When Your Dad’s No Longer Here
As Father’s Day approaches, many of us are looking forward to pulling out the barbecue and cracking open a few cold ones with our old man. Maybe you’re making your annual trek to the cottage for father’s day weekend, or perhaps you’re planning a meal with all his favorite foods. Whatever your traditions are, you’re…
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No, Our Family Doesn’t ‘Match’ But Thanks to Adoption, It’s Filled With Love
Currently, there are nearly 430 thousand children in the United States living in foster care, and every year 135 thousand children across the country are adopted [1]. Every single one of those children has a unique and beautiful adoption story that may inspire others to consider expanding their own family in this way. The Sampson…
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Teen is using social media to tutor a generation of out-of-school students in math
The COVID-19 pandemic has shut down schools all over the world for the remainder of the school year, and this stands to have an unprecedented impact on our young people, the effects of which will likely be felt for years to come. As teachers across the country have struggled to stay in contact with their…
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Aunts Are Everything, And Science Can Support It
Aunts are some of the first people we meet when we are babies. They wait for months to welcome us into the world and happily take over the caregiving duties when our parents need a much-deserved break. Why Aunts are So Special This quote is famous for a reason: in order for a child to…
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Aunts Are Everything, And Science Can Support It
Aunts are some of the first people we meet when we are babies. They wait for months to welcome us into the world and happily take over the caregiving duties when our parents need a much-deserved break. Why Aunts are So Special This quote is famous for a reason: in order for a child to…
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School in Spain Teaches Boys How to Do Household Chores to Stop Gender Inequality
A school in Spain decided to combat gender inequality by educating their male students about the basics of household chores, and they went viral. Housework is equally unloved by both men and women, and yet women do the bulk of it. According to the 8,500 heterosexual couples who were interviewed for the UK Household Longitudinal Study,…
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Crayola Just Released Crayons With 24 Skin Tone Shades So Every Child Can Color Themselves Accurately
Remember how exciting it was when you got that brand-new variety pack of crayola crayons or pencil crayons, with their perfectly unused points all lined up in a dazzling rainbow of colours? You could instantly see the dozens of beautiful creations you were going to make, dancing through your head. There was one problem with…
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Memphis Dad Builds Stage in His Driveway to Throw His Daughter a Graduation
Not all superheroes can lift airplanes or climb up buildings with their bare hands. Some are just regular dads who would go to any lengths to make their little girls stop crying. COVID-19 was about to ruin his daughter’s four-year-old dream of walking down the black carpet and stage at her graduation, but this Memphis…
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Dad Who Grew Up Without A Father Starts Basic Skills YouTube Channel
In conversations about parenthood, much of the discussion ends up focussing on the mother’s role in a child’s life, but fathers carry equal importance. Not only do they often teach their children many hard skills, like how to change a tire, throw a baseball, or tie a tie, but fathers also are critically important in…
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Here’s What Getting Spanked as a Kid Did to Your Personality, According to Science
In a 2012 survey, seventy percent of Americans agreed that “it is sometimes necessary to discipline a child with a good, hard spanking” [1]. Adults sometimes hit their children to punish bad behavior, and while it might appear to be effective in the short-term, there is evidence to suggest that corporal punishment is not effective…
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Should Every School Have a Year-Round Gardening Program?
Gardening was an integral part of life for many of our ancestors in generations past, but today, most of us get all of our food at large supermarkets and spend very little time thinking about where it actually comes from, or how it’s grown. This, unfortunately, has been passed down to our children, and today’s…
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This Chart Shows You When You Should Put Your Kids To Bed
For many parents, bedtime can often be a battle. Not only can it be difficult to get your child to go to bed, but it can also be a challenge to simply determine exactly when you should put them to bed in the first place. If you try to put your kids to bed too…
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