PoliticsJusticePoliticsJusticeRuby Franke, Popular Parenting YouTuber, Arrested for Alleged Child AbuseArresting documents describe a child climbing out of a window and running to their neighbor’s home to ask for food…ByKady Ruth AshcraftPublishedAugust 31, 2023Comments (95)
CelebritiesDirt BagCelebritiesDirt BagLet Lala Kent Post Photos in PeaceCommenters are up in arms because Kent posted her butt in a bodysuit and a photo of her daughter in the same…ByEmily LeibertPublishedJuly 13, 2023Comments (7)
PoliticsPoliticsEx-Wrestler Takes 2nd DNA Test to Confirm He's Not Lauren Boebert's Father“The Toby Keith song ‘Who’s Your Daddy’ hits a bit differently now,” the congresswoman said in a statement…ByLaura BassettPublishedJune 4, 2023Comments (64)
PoliticsJusticePoliticsJusticeBlack Couple Says Texas Authorities Seized Their Newborn Because They Chose a Midwife Over a HospitalRodney and Temecia Jackson say their pediatrician reported them to Dallas CPS when their baby developed jaundice,…ByKylie CheungUpdatedApril 7, 2023Comments (95)
PoliticsJusticePoliticsJusticeA Woman Was Ordered to Stop Breastfeeding to Accommodate the Father’s Visitation RightsA judge told Arleta Ramirez she needs to put her baby "on a feeding schedule and use a bottle" so that breastfeeding…ByKylie CheungPublishedFebruary 2, 2023Comments (99)
PoliticsPoliticsPlease Do Not Go After Pete Buttigieg for Taking Paternity LeaveRepublicans are melting down over newly public emails showing Buttigieg not working while on paternity leave in…ByKylie CheungPublishedJanuary 13, 2023Comments (24)
LatestLatestJessica Grose Screams on the Inside, But Gives Moms Hope in Her New Book“Motherhood has always been this combination of pain and joy and love, and we don’t hear about the bad parts because…ByLorena O’NeilPublishedDecember 6, 2022
PoliticsPoliticsDivorce Is Good, ActuallyJ.D. Vance says even people in violent marriages shouldn't be allowed to leave. Think of the children!ByCaitlin CruzPublishedJuly 25, 2022Comments (77)
5/7/21Becoming a Mother in the Isolation of the PandemicI was heavily pregnant with my first child as the covid-19 pandemic gathered pace. I spent a lot of time…BySarah StollerPublishedMay 7, 2021Comments (14)
4/5/21Science Reveals That Hitting Just 50 Percent of a Set of Twins Is Not, In Fact, Good ParentingA study out of Michigan State University that followed twins from birth has revealed that, in households where one…ByEmily AlfordPublishedApril 5, 2021Comments (21)
WorkParentingWorkParentingPoliticians Like Andrew Yang Need to Do More Than Just Horrifiedly 'Imagine' the Childcare CrisisThe New York Times asks today whether Andrew Yang is New York enough to run for mayor of New York City, the city…ByTracy Clark-FloryPublishedJanuary 11, 2021Comments (58)
1/4/21I Stand With Bean DaughterThe new year is off to a pretty solid start—unless, of course, you are the nine-year-old child of Bean Dad, nee John…ByShannon MeleroPublishedJanuary 4, 2021Comments (190)
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In DepthThemed WeekIn DepthThemed WeekThe Year Everything Collapsed On MomsI started interviewing moms about parenting during the pandemic in the surreality of March, just as stay-at-home…ByTracy Clark-FloryPublishedDecember 30, 2020Comments (32)
In DepthCovid-19In DepthCovid-19'Just Like Treading Water': One Mom on the Stress of Managing Virtual School and Full-Time WorkRebecca, 43, is raising her daughter in Oakland, California, with her longtime partner, while working full-time and…ByTracy Clark-FloryPublishedSeptember 28, 2020Comments (59)
9/1/20Postpartum Mom Hauls Her Newborn to the California State Assembly After Being Denied Proxy VoteCalifornia State Assemblymember Buffy Wicks brought her month-old newborn to an in-person vote on Monday, after she…ByKelly FairclothPublishedSeptember 1, 2020Comments (14)
In DepthIn DepthThe Movement to End 'La Chancla,' the Corporal Punishment that Became a MemeThese memes don’t interrogate what it actually means for a child to be threatened with physical harm for disobedient…ByShannon MeleroPublishedAugust 6, 2020Comments (23)
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