Sara Given is a new mother who’s begun a writing career poking fun at the online parenting world. She runs a blog, It’s Like They Know Us and just released her first book, Parenting is Easy! (You’re Probably Just Doing it Wrong). And in her experience, she’s made an all important discovery – a translation for a crying baby… kinda.

This week, in “Sometimes People Are Just The Worst”, 13 year old Alan Holmes from Gresham, Oregon, has received a suspension for wearing a shirt bearing the “Battlefield Cross”. The cross is a memorial for fallen soldiers, and is made from a helmet, boots, and a rifle. But the school decided it was inappropriate – somehow – and gave Alan

Given how much stuff they mess up, it’s always refreshing to see Congress actually do something right. Legislators have introduced a new bill into debate that would make Washington DC the first city in the country to provide 16-weeks of paid family time, to allow for the birth or adoption of a child, recuperation from military deployment, or care for

Halloween is a fine time for a scary movie, but that’s because it’s just a movie. There’s a level of separation between the television screen and real life. But sometimes, people can get a little out of hand. Vicki Barrett for example, a mother from Parma, Ohio. She recently found herself in the middle of a public kerfuffle after her

Stay at home Mom Carrie Chapman, while trying to figure out a low cost costume for her two daughters, had a great idea. Or, more over, twelve. She ended up designing twelve difference costumes for her children, all of them low cost and based off one of the characters in their favorite books. Ranging from the top hat and whiskers

Surprisingly enough, Playmobil offered up a pretty vivid history lesson for one mother and her son. While assembling the Playmobil Pirate Ship Play Set, Ida Lockett was shocked to find that one of the instructions was to attach a collar to a black figure’s neck, which is not at all what you’re expecting to to explain during play time. The

Growing up with a nurturing family can provide a childhood with the happiness and security every child deserves. But sometimes, people don’t get what they deserve. Sometimes, a child has to grow up too fast to try and help the family. A recent study from Michigan State University has found that women who shouldered a good deal of responsibility as

When Yuma Hasegawa turned 20, he received a birthday card from his parents. He was probably expecting a pleasant platitude or maybe a little bit of cash. Instead, he got a “Notice of Expiration of Child-rearing Services”. His parents had written a formal letter of resignation, with some points to remember now that he’s an adult. The advice offered is

Part of every child’s bedtime routine is story time. Some kids enjoy fairy tales, and others want stories that can be acted out by their parents. And some kids just want to pretend and play with super heroes. A father of two has been introducing his children to super heroes. Specifically, he’s been trying to get stories that have positive

In Virginia, Paul Henson took his son Caiden costume shopping for Halloween. And this year, Caiden said he wanted to be Elsa, one of the leads in Disney’s animated film, Frozen. Paul is apparently going to be dressed as the other main character, Anna, which is eight kinds of adorable. Paul may have received some negative comments after he posted