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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."

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."

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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."

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."

“What if They Can’t Relate?”: To the Mama With a Big Age Gap Between Her Kids

"I remember being worried that a 5-year age gap was too big... our first two children were only 20 months apart."

To the Mama Who Pushes On

"In all your messy and imperfect and trying, they get a glimpse of what it means to lean into a Savior with a strength far beyond their own."

What Do the New CDC Guidelines Mean for Schools?

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention changed its COVID-19 safety guidance for those who have been fully vaccinated. What does it mean for schools?

Why a Mother Doesn’t Want to Be Touched

"After working 14 hours, the one thing I wanted was a kiss and to hold my wife. When I was in my 20s, this usually meant sex. But now, in my 30s, I’m more interested in simple physical contact with my wife."

Here’s My Challenge to White Parents This School Year

"Here’s the truth of the matter. A white voice advocating carries more weight than a Black one."

Dad Dares 5-Year-Old to Dive to Bottom of Olympic-Sized Swimming Pool—When She Gasps for Air, His Response Wrecks Her

“I bet you can’t dive all the way to the bottom and touch the grate. If you do it, I’ll buy you a pony,” he said with a sinister smirk.

What All Parents Should Do if Your Child Says They’ve Been Sexually Abused

But terribly, it’s not what many parents and leaders actually do.

Things I’m Forced to Tell My Black Son

When we go shopping after school, I tell my son he has to leave his backpack in the car. When he wants to take a walk past dark with his friends, I tell him “no." He’s not allowed to play with guns that aren’t clearly Super Soakers. If we’re stopped by the police because our headlight is out, I say, “Remember what I taught you.”