When this photo shared by a doula went viral last year, we embarked on this new trend of a “gentle” C-section. This wholesome and raw photo depicted how heartwarming it truly is for parents to welcome their newborn in a clear drape or window cesarean s…
This Mother Took, ‘No Boys Allowed’ too Far.
We’ve all faced entitled people before. These are the individuals who feel no qualms cutting ahead inline at the grocery store or demanding their seatmates on a plane switch so they could sit next to their friend or partner, (although they could have booked more in advance or paid a little extra to ensure they…
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Newborn Greets Her Dad with a Big Smile As She Recognizes His Voice
This father’s bond with his unborn baby had a heartwarming result. Flávio Dantas, of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, was more than excited to be a father. Every day until his daughter was born, he would speak to his unborn baby, with no idea how much his efforts would reward him. Tarsila Batista, Flávio’s partner shared…
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Reasons to Love Adoption and Adoptive Parents
It all started when Heather was only 6 weeks old, she went in for an ultrasound, as she was experiencing digestive issues. During the ultrasound, it was found that Heather’s ovaries had not properly developed, and were not connected properly to her fallopian tubes. Her doctor at the time figured that it would be best…
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This Homeless Father of Five Can’t Find a Shelter Currently Taking Men with Children
Joseph Cantu is living through a parent’s nightmare. He’s homeless, abandoned by his spouse, and living out of a van with five kids. All he has is his faith and the hope his kids won’t remember this entire experience. Homeless with Five Children It all began with one stroke of bad luck after another. First…
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New Mom Takes Her Own Life: This is Her Friends Plea
Many women silently battle with postpartum depression, and this story should remind us that not every mother’s journey is joyful, happy and bright. Sometimes it gets dark, lonely, scary, miserable and uncertain. In Montgomery, Alabama, lived Allison and Julie – neighbours, and lifelong friends. Allison and Julie were both Army wives, and when Julie moved in…
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Just One Day Before Baby Aiden Past from Microcephaly, Photographer Captures These Beautiful Moments
Photographer Jennifer Ryals received a phone call requesting a lifestyle newborn photoshoot for a 8-week-old baby who had just been released from the hospital. Ryals hesitated. “I don’t know where to start this honestly,” she said in an essay on Love What Matters. “I don’t photograph newborns. Not my thing.” However, she did love lifestyle…
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Mom Shares Heartbreaking Photo of Daughter Comforting Her Younger Brother Battling Leukemia
Having to watch helplessly while your child suffer indescribable pain is something no parent should have to experience. Your inability to take their pain away, would make you feel as though you’d failed them, as though you let them down. To make matters, somehow, even worse, this child is no older than a toddler. 28-year-old…
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Strong Moms Raise Strong Daughters
A bond between a mother and daughter is unlike anything else, and this relationship is an essential building block for a girl. Strong mothers raise strong daughters, and there’s a few things worth mentioning about a strong woman. Let a daughter of a strong mother tell you, a girl can flourish in her own, she…
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Parental Burnout: Moms Need Equality In Raising Children, Self-Care, and Most Importantly, Massages.
Mommy burnout is real and over the years has finally received the attention it deserves from the scientific community. Burnout occurs when a person is in an extended state of emotional imbalance and the stress overwhelms the person’s abilities to cope. Life has its way of dropping all problems at once, from one child acting…
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This Mom’s Answer to a Question on Quora is Something Every Parent Needs to Read
If you’ve ever googled something and ended up on Quora, you have likely spent a few hours of your life reading question and answer submissions, maybe you’ve even contributed some of your own insights and answers. When an anonymous mother posted a question on this site, she was not prepared for the responses she received….
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“Am I Invisible?” A Mom Shares a Powerful Story That Portrays the Importance of Human Acceptance
“The deepest desire of the human heart is to belong … to be welcomed … to know that you are seen and worthy of kindness,” Rachel Macy Stafford. Isolation and marginalization are some of the worst social situations a person could go through. The feeling that you are alone and rejected, coupled with outright avoidance…
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Touching First Day of School Photo Showing 8-Year-Old Comforting Classmate Goes Viral
Sometimes, it’s the smallest acts of kindness that have the biggest impact. It doesn’t take much to help people around you out. All it takes is a simple word of encouragement or personal contacts when they need it most; these make the most significant difference. It is said that we are not born with hate…
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Infants and Veganism: Can the two go together?
The only true “love at first sight” is the moment a mother holds her newborn child for the first time. No matter what health beliefs they uphold, all parents can agree on one thing: They want the best for their children. They want them to grow up healthy and strong. Therefore, it’s vital for all…
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Before-And-After School Photos Of This Five-Year-Old Will Have You in Stitches
A strong woman is one who’s been through fire and came out the other side, stronger and better. Well, in this case, she came out deshelled and hassled, but she’s stronger anyway. Scottish mom Jill from East Renfrewshire just had to show the rest of the world what it meant to have a rough Monday….
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Back to Basics: Texas Schools Reintroduces Cursive Writing Into Standard Grade School Curriculum
With the advancement of modern technology and the continuous invention of life-made-easy gadgets, several academic practices have become old-fashioned and obsolete. Many schools and districts around the world have scrapped handwriting from their curricula, replacing good old calligraphy and cursive skills with keyboarding proficiency. Not to mention that many wonderful outdoor activities and experiments have…
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Mommy Burnout Is Real, Psychologists Suggest a ‘Momcation’
“A mother is she who can take the place of all others, but whose place no one else can take,” – Cardinal Mermillod. Moms are arguably the most overworked people on earth, especially working moms. With having to shuttle between keeping her home in one piece, staying ahead of her children’s career, being a partner…
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Scammers are Replacing Baby Formula with Flour, Sickening Children
Baby Adeline was sick for days. The nine-month-old was crying, vomiting, and refusing to drink from her bottle. Her mother, Medline Roque, was desperate to find an answer. “She was throwing up throughout the day, passing a lot of gas… I just knew something was wrong,” she said. The sickness seemed to have come out…
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15 Apps Parents Should Look Out for On Their Kids’ Phones
On July 26th, the Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office announced to the public that 25 people had been arrested during a four-day bust targeting online predators and human traffickers. (1) Sheriff Tom Knight said all of the men arrested had been using the internet and mobile applications to solicit children. Between the 25 arrested, there were 38 prior…
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7 Things You Should Always Say To Your Child
As a parent, your child’s psychological and emotional developments are part of your foremost responsibilities. Children are emotionally shaped by the words they hear and the tone in which these words are spoken to them. A lot of parents spend so much time during expectancy worrying about how they’d communicate effectively with their children. When…
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