Two teenage girls who went to see Cinderella have received a very important life lesson in an unusual but very effective way. Kyesha Smith Wood dropped off her daughter and stepdaughter both 13 years old along with her older son at the movie theaters in Birmingham, Alabama. The three of them went to see Cinderella. […]
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Dedicated Kerry Washington Live-Tweeted “Scandal” Fans During Labor Kerry Washington plays the role of “Olivia Pope,” on the hit TV show Scandal. Washington takes her job very seriously, every week she tweets as Scandal airs. Washington is known for keeping her life very private, as she told People.com in 2013, it just doesn’t work for […]
Exercise And Mommy: 3 Ways To Stay Fit When you first bring home your baby, your thoughts are on the baby and that’s about it. So it’s no surprise many moms tend to let exercise take a back seat to more important matters, like sleep. However, if you can find time to do even a short ten […]
Mom Leaves Toddler In A Running Car While Shopping It is hard to know what to make of a Pennsylvania mother who decided that leaving a toddler in a running car while she shopped at Wal-Mart was okay. Have we become a society where our own personal time is so precious we cannot stop […]
Recently, Rachel Hollis of Thechicsite.com, has received a lot of attention. Some background on Hollis, TheChicSite came to be when she was looking for a name for her event-planning company. It turns out The Chic Team is a group of women (and it appears that there’s one male amongst them) “From different locations, backgrounds and […]
How To Prepare Your Oldest Child For The New Baby The arrival of a new baby is very exciting, especially for the expectant mother. Along with the excitement, the newest arrival can bring many changes to a family. Parents spend a ton of time talking about the new baby, preparing the nursery and even buying […]
The Dangers Of Being A Helicopter Parent Chances are you know one a helicopter parent. They mean well, they want to make sure their children have the best in life, every advantage, every opportunity. Specifically, these examples of a helicopter parent apply to the parents of college students and their over-involvement in their lives. The […]
You have to wonder what Scotland’s Fife County were thinking when they declared that Kerry McDougall was a mother too dumb to be able to care for her own children. Yet Kerry, born with a cleft palate that left her speech slow, is by many standards an outstanding mother. Her husband Mark would leave for […]
Instead of worrying about your child being abducted or getting hurt from their day to day activities, think about your own home possibly being unsafe. Unintentional deaths are the leading cause of deaths in children ages 14 and under, and a third of those deaths happen at home. Your children have the highest risk […]
When you face unexpected breastfeeding challenges, so many people from your pediatrician to your sister, your doula, and even strangers from Facebook seems to have ‘the answer’. But most of these solutions are based on their own experiences, which may or may not be relevant to the problem you’re having. The real solutions could be based on […]
From the moment we step into the “pregnancy-role,” our baby weight starts to emerge and accumulate on our bodies. The scheming then begins on how we are to drop these extra “pounds” once are little one arrives. Once your baby is born, your life will change. Don’t get scared. This is a good thing. After […]
We have all done it. Your kid does that one thing one more time that drives you crazy. Whether it is being late for dinner or playing rough in the house, the result is the same. You lose it and tell them they are grounded. Probably the same way your own parents did. But does […]