When you’ve got a baby on the way it’s such an exciting time. As mothers, we look expectantly to the future counting down the weeks until we can welcome a new life into the world. Back in 2015, one particular mother wrote a letter that made waves. The issue surrounding the opinion of a medical...
Just like many places around the world, including parts of the UK and the US, Mexico is one of those places where a public breastfeeding mom is still considered taboo to many. As of 2014, the country had one of the lowest breastfeeding rates in all of Latin America, with only about 14% of mothers...
Old habits die hard. This is why children are taught to develop useful skills and behaviors from a very young age. However, we sometimes pick up things in our youth that may be considered strange or unusual, and these may become difficult to unlearn. A 30-year-old stay-at-home mom in Ohio has been thrust into the...
Sometimes happiness can be a very fragile thing. In one moment it seems like we have everything and life can change in a second. For Scott and Jaymie Ferguson, a happy couple from New South Wales, Australia who met in 2010, things were like a dream. They were young, in love, and fond of traveling,...
On August 8, 2018, UK soccer player Harry Kane announced the birth of his daughter on Twitter. His birth announcement, however, quickly solicited a hefty amount of backlash from women around the world. Professional Soccer Player’s Birth Announcement Sparks Female Rage A birth announcement seems innocent enough. Likely, when soccer player Harry Kane posted his...
Fashion trends are always changing and right now, crop tops are in. A mother has spoken out on Facebook after she saw what she claims are crop tops for sale in the girl’s section of a store. She is asking the industry to please stop selling this type of clothing to little girls. Her post...
We live in a world where teachers are people who are so massively underappreciated. Every single day, teachers wake up early to drive to schools to teach our children. They put up with their nonsense; they take their flack. And still, they go back every day to do it all again just to ensure that...
A father has caused mass Twitter outrage after his post about his 14-year-old son. His post was meant to praise his kid for how hardworking he was. Instead, it ended in people slamming him for not allowing his son to have a childhood and people questioning what is wrong with America. Twitter Outrage Over A...
In 2017, two police officers caught a woman in North Carolina stealing groceries from a local store. When they heard her story, however, they knew they had to help. This is the wonderful story of people who do the right thing, even when what the other person did was technically wrong. (1) Cops Help Woman...
A Secret Life of Mom Highlight Story: Sometimes there are stories that can help raise and maintain awareness of important subjects. That’s why we scour the archives and bring some of them back to help keep parents in the know. They may be touching, and even make you shed a tear, but the health and...
The world is full of beautiful and wonderful things, some so astounding and unreal it can be hard to fathom. Sometimes, this beauty is in the form of a person, in this case, twins. And not just the regular kind, two sets of them! But, there is something incredibly special about these children. Rare Black...
A husband will never realize the pains his wife is taking to give birth. It’s normal and healthy for a woman to gain weight during pregnancy, and for some, it will still be there afterward. Many wish to lose it and struggle. This is a period in their life many men just don’t understand. But...
