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5-Year-Old Boy’s Quick Thinking Saves His Mother’s Life After a Hiking Accident in Idaho

In a remarkable display of bravery and quick thinking, a 5-year-old boy named Colton Franks recently played a crucial role in saving his mother's life after a horrifying hiking accident in Idaho.

Grieving Mother Fights for Online Safety After Losing Son to Viral “Blackout Challenge”

One mother, Joann Bogard, knows these dangers all too well and has made it her mission to protect other children from the same fate as her son, Mason, who tragically died in viral "Blackout Challenge." 

Teen Dies Before Graduation—Then Her Classmates Write This All Over Her Coffin in Sharpies

Laura Hillier died tragically just a few months before her graduation, but her classmates still had something to say...

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Grieving Mother Fights for Online Safety After Losing Son to Viral “Blackout Challenge”

One mother, Joann Bogard, knows these dangers all too well and has made it her mission to protect other children from the same fate as her son, Mason, who tragically died in viral "Blackout Challenge." 

My Toddler Drowned on Our Family Vacation–Here’s What I Want You to Know

How could I have known that every parent’s worst nightmare would be my reality? It happened so quickly.

Dad Forces Daughter to Walk 5 Miles to School in 36°F for Bullying—Internet’s Response Is Largely Positive

"Lesson learned! Still has all her extremities intact is happy and healthy and seems to have a new outlook on bullying as well as a new appreciation for some of the simple things in life she used to take for granted."

Why You Need to Stop Asking Couples When They’re Having Babies

"People don’t just simply 'forget' to have kids. Us kid-less couples have reasons why we don’t have kids yet."

Internet Cry-Laughs Over Son’s Reaction to Scream-Activated Spider Mom Bought for Christmas

"He looks at it, cocks his little head to the side. And then, obviously, I yelled at it. The spider ran. Leo starts screaming. The louder he screams, the faster the spider pursued him."

4 Things My Family Discussed After Passing Victoria’s Secret

"Recently, my family walked past a Victoria’s Secret store (which was across from the kids’ playground). I was behind everyone, helping our youngest child keep up, and couldn’t help but notice how the older kids’ eyes were instinctively drawn to look at the pictures of nearly nude women hanging in the window."

How We’re Killing Our Children’s Creativity

"As we mourn our empty nest we wonder where the time went, even though we were part of the evil slave master pointing to the clock... Where do the dreamers fit in?"

Every Parent Needs to Read This 7-Yr-Old’s Christmas List from 1915. Then Read Your Kids’ List. The Results May Startle You.

Now, take a step back in time, and read what letters to Santa once-upon-a-1915 looked like...

Letting Rage Against the Mommy-Machine Go

"I had to let it go. I had to let go of everything that didn’t matter in the great, grand God-scheme of thinking."

Dear Husband, After I’ve Had Babies…

"I wasn’t supposed to look like this. Or feel like this. I was supposed to look like I was 24 again. The same girl who you dated for years before we got pregnant. The girl who never cared if we left the lights on. That girl never came back. She took my confidence. She ran with my flat stomach. She took all the good parts of me and now she’s gone."