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I’m 27. When babies cry, it triggers something foreign and possibly maternal in me, but I have very little desire to start a family—especially right now. Actually, I don’t envision myself having a baby, ever. And I’m tired of being told … More
Despite traditional knowledge telling women that we’re supposed to feel unaccomplished and incomplete if we do not have children (by choice or by chance), new research is showing that childless men may actually be the ones who are more depressed and angry. More
On fun holidays that involve candy-giving, it can be easy for kids to consume more treats than usual, but can you guess just how much Easter food they’ll be eating between Good Friday and Easter Monday? More
Two young boys have basically earned the title “awesome for life” after saving a baby’s life on Monday. When Susanna Rohm saw that her 2-month-old son Isaiah had suddenly stopped breathing, she panicked, as just about any parent would upon the realization that her child was at serious risk. More
The reproductive system never fails to amaze. Once we think we know quite a bit on the subject, there’s always more findings and new information.
Also, I’m so sorry; I really couldn’t resist this ridiculous stock photo. More
First things first: I don’t have a kid. I am not a parent, and my 7-year-old nephew is the type of kid who says things like, “That has too much salt content, it’s not good for me,” so I have … More
Kids can be sometimes be surprising in how considerate they are. Children often get credit for being innocent and nonjudgmental and funsies and yadda yadda, but it’s rare that people recognize just how sensitive kids can be towards the happiness and wellbeing of others. More
How adorable is that little munchkin up there? As somebody whose lifelong goal is to be a mother, I’m pretty much fond of all children I see. Obviously, this is not the case with everyone, but you would at least hope that people would have the common decency to not be rude or discriminatory towards kids, right? Wrong, sadly. More
Like almost everything else related to my pregnancy, I did extensive Google searching and reading. I was trying to mentally prep myself for what my new “mommy body” was going to look like because I did not want to be caught off guard or disappointed if things were not quite how I expected after delivery. Essentially, I was preparing for the worst and assuming that my body would look something similar to “the blob” once little Jackson was born. I spent some time trying to mentally prepare for this and come up with a “plan of attack” if this be the case. More
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Many parents struggle to find the words to explain to their children what happened and answer any of their questions, so here are some tips collected from various sources on how to discuss such tragedy with your kids. More
Apparently school districts can pay superintendents an average salary of $142, 000 a year, but they can’t afford to pay $50 for carbon monoxide detectors to keep kids safe at school? That’s messed up. And it’s what caused 43 elementary students to get carbon monoxide poisoning this week and be rushed to the hospital. More
Prepare yourself, because this is pretty gross. For years, Dr. Erin Carr-Jordan has been fighting to clean up fast food restaurants. But her focus isn’t the food they serve–it’s the area that kids play in both before and after they eat, often without washing their hands. And, in an interview with Dr. Sanjay Gupta over the weekend, Dr. Carr-Jordan touched on an interesting–and highly disturbing point. Unlike kitchens, restrooms, and shipping facilities, fast foodplay areas are never looked at by health inspectors. They fall under no one’s jurisdiction. It is literally no one’s responsibility to ensure that your kid isn’t climbing around in another kid’s poo. More
Are we ‘overmedicating’ today’s youth with Ritalin and Prozac? The issue routinely gets dredged up by parents and media outlets, but it’s hardly a new concern. In the 1980s and 1990s, kids and teens who in a previous generation may have received therapy (or gone untreated) began to routinely be prescribed psychotropic drugs–antidepressants, antipsychotics, stimulants, mood stabilizers. It’s not uncommon for 20- and 30-somethings today to have spent the better part of their lives on such medications. Meanwhile, the consequences of their long-term use is virtually unknown. More
Before Alyson became a mother, there were much of what she calls “unresolved issues” with regard to her health and well-being. Having been sexually abused as a child, she had a history of suicidal tendencies and depression that she had never properly addressed with a professional. But after giving birth to her first child, Alyson found herself wading through not only suicidal thoughts but also thoughts of harming her child, otherwise known as postpartum depression.
She tells me that her symptoms began the very night following the birth of her son as well as the next day in the hospital. Toxic mantras rushed on quickly as she was weighed with an instantaneous regret for giving birth. More
