Not Your Typical Soccer Moms
As I got undressed to take a shower, I looked in the mirror at my 4-day postpartum body and my first thought was yuck! I didn’t like the still swollen stomach, and the changes in my body. It was in that train of thought that I asked myself why did I think this body was…
Sesame Street has been long known for using puppets to bridge the divide between those who are “differently-abled” and those who are “normal”. They have had children on there with Down Syndrome, and even had a puppet with HIV. They have through the years pushed to teach kids to focus on what’s in common, instead of…
With October 15 being Pregnancy & Infant loss day, this is still a taboo topic for many to talk about. There are many who want to be there for someone who has had a loss, but don’t know what to say, or how to be there. I’ve been on both sides myself. I’ve had multiple…
Gage Berger, a 6-year old that was incessantly teased and bullied in school for years recently underwent surgery to pin back his ears, which he felt to be the cause of his bullying. His dad Timothy Berger said that over the past year, his “playful, outgoing” son had “changed.” Gage started keeping to himself more,…
A senior in high school is up in arms after being asked to wear a bra to school. Apparently, the imprints of her nipples were protruding through her clothes, and she was pulled out of class and asked to wear “something more appropriate”. Below is the post she shared on Facebook defending her position. As…
A 14 year old engineering student who wanted to impress his teacher with a school project, built a digital clock. In his desire to show the teacher how intelligent he is, it went terribly wrong. The teacher accused him of building a bomb, and sent him to the Principal’s office with the project, where he…
Being 8 months pregnant, one of the concerns that has crossed my mind is how things will be once I have the baby. I expect the hormonal crash. What I don’t expect is dealing with Postpartum Depression. I know it’s a very real condition, and I am fully aware that it can be treated. Perhaps…
A caretaker daughter started hitting her wheelchair bound mother in the street in broad daylight for not lifting the break. A bystander caught it all on video before he said anything to her. What would you have done?
Superstar, David Beckham, inadvertently shined a light on a subject not typically made a public issue; big kids using pacifiers. Members of the media chose to slam him after photos of him allowing his 4-year old daughter to use a pacifier surfaced. Beckham responded by saying, “Why do people feel they have the right to…
I used to be the mother that would try and glean from the wisdom of the other mothers I knew. I mean ALL of them! All of them had completely different parenting methods and many that differed from mine, which left me completely confused. Even more, none of those other parenting methods worked for me and…