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‘We Have No Visible Finish Line’—The Case for Why Moms Are so Burnt Out

This is why moms are always so quick to snap. This is why we are so sensitive. Because we are desensitized. We are numb. We are so beyond burnt out.

14-Year-Old Boy In Foster Care Asks For “A Home and People That Love Me”

What Darrious hopes for most is a family, and a place to call home. He is currently in foster care and lives with other foster kids in a group home.

Jill Duggar to Dad Jim Bob: “You Treat Me Worse Than My Pedophile Brother”

A new, scathing memoir by daughter Jill Duggar Dillard released this week, and an excerpt published in People Magazine shows that it does not portray Jim Bob Duggar in a positive light at all. 

Guardians of the Galaxy 3 Needs a Content Warning for Kids and Animal Lovers

Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy 3 opened in theaters on May 5th to huge acclaim and huge box office numbers, already grossing over $531 million worldwide. James Gunn’s finale to the much-beloved series is a hit with fans, too. I’ve personally heard several fans say it is their favorite Marvel movie of all-time. But with all these rave reviews also comes a caution: parts of this movie can be particularly difficult to watch or even traumatizing for younger viewers, animal lovers, or anyone who is particularly sensitive to animal violence.

The movie delves deep into the beloved character Rocket Raccoon’s back story, and it is full of things that are not great, to say the least. In explaining how we got a raccoon that walks, talks, and acts like a human, we learn of many terrible experiments performed on Rocket and other animals. Needless to say, trauma abounds in this storyline.

To be fair, the movie clearly and unequivocally portrays the animal violence as tragic and wrong, and that is important to note up front. Also, all the animals in the film are CGI – not real animals at all, whatsoever – so no actual animals were harmed in any way. But for some people, watching scenes of intense and graphic violence against animals may not be worth the payoff of enjoying an otherwise fantastic movie.

Jenny Rapson
Jenny Rapsonhttp://www.foreverymom.com
Jenny Rapson is a wife and mom of three from Ohio and the editor of For Every Mom. You can also find her alternately griping and gushing about her kids at her own blog, Mommin' It Up. You can email her at jrapson@outreach.com, or follow her on Twitter.

‘We Have No Visible Finish Line’—The Case for Why Moms Are so Burnt Out

This is why moms are always so quick to snap. This is why we are so sensitive. Because we are desensitized. We are numb. We are so beyond burnt out.

14-Year-Old Boy In Foster Care Asks For “A Home and People That Love Me”

What Darrious hopes for most is a family, and a place to call home. He is currently in foster care and lives with other foster kids in a group home.

Jill Duggar to Dad Jim Bob: “You Treat Me Worse Than My Pedophile Brother”

A new, scathing memoir by daughter Jill Duggar Dillard released this week, and an excerpt published in People Magazine shows that it does not portray Jim Bob Duggar in a positive light at all.