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To the Stranger Who Gave My 3-Year-Old a Bracelet in the McDonald’s Bathroom

"You heard me tell her we had a long drive home and she needed to use the potty. You heard her tell me she was scared the toilet would flush while she was sitting on it."

Daughter’s “Pootergirl” Costume for Picture Day Goes Viral After She Rejects Dad’s Outfit Choices

"She walked up, looked over each of her choices, turned and said ‘POOTERGIRL!’ and well…I couldn’t argue with that answer...”

Dad Breaks Down as 2-Yr-Old Daughter Is Denied Entry on Plane— Woman Points at Toddler & Says “I Wanna Buy Her Ticket”

"He stepped aside and tried to make a few calls. Hugging his daughter and grabbing his head, you could tell he was heartbroken. This woman next to him at the front counter heard the whole thing."

Parenting

1st Grader Picks Out Green Dress for Picture Day—The Results Leave Mom Cry-Laughing

“This is the story of a little girl’s love of a green dress, a mother who tries to instill independence, and how those two things came together in the most epic and brilliant combination possible."

Photo of Dad & Grandpa Just Watching Toddler Throw Tantrum in Whole Foods Goes Viral for All the Right Reasons

"This post is about one thing and one thing only. Being comfortable in the uncomfortable."

White Mother Gives Birth to Three Black Babies, And Her Husband’s Reaction Is Absolutely Beautiful

"There will always be the older white woman in Walmart who stared at us with sheer disgust, or the African-American mother who looked at us and just shook her head.”

Wife Hasn’t Slept in 3 Days—When Husband Gets Kids to Bed at 7:30pm, It “Hits Him Like a Ton of Bricks”

"I'd gotten 2 kids and an adult into bed by 7.30pm. As I strutted (quietly) out of the room, I started thinking about how I'd spend my night... then I turned back, looked at my wife and little girl and it hit me like a ton of bricks."

What Nobody Tells You Before Having the “3rd Child”

"So we conceived our third child, another girl, and life hasn’t been the same since. She’s sixteen months old, and I’ve been waiting impatiently each day for things to calm down. They haven’t."

After Baby Dies in Hot Minivan, 10-Yr-Old Invents Device to Prevent It From Happening Again

The device already has a provisional patent, as well as interest from Toyota.

You’re Right, Fellow Target Shopper, She Is Too Big

"You are right. At 11 years old and 5 feet tall she is too big to be sitting in a shopping cart. But here's what you don't know..."

What to Say When Everything Is Not Going to Be OK

Am I doing my kids a disservice by always promising that everything will be okay, when very likely it won’t be?

Teacher Who Gave Same Assignment on 1st Day for 15 Years Makes Alarming Discovery

"As I was putting the folders back in the file cabinet I noticed something... looking at the size of the folders shocked me."

Exhausted Teacher: “Parents Have Adopted a Bizarrely Lenient Attitude Toward Disciplining Children”

"This all started as I stared at myself in the mirror one morning, wondering if I should look and feel THIS exhausted. I am a mother of 3..."