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2-Yr-Old Drowns for 15 Minutes in Pool While Mom Takes a Shower—3 Months Later, She Does the Unthinkable

"She was able to break through the baby gate and make her way to the 5 degree Celsius pool. She was found without a heartbeat."

I Was Giving My Son the Very Thing That Was Killing Him & Had No Idea

It literally burned his body from the inside out...

“If This Turns Positive, It Is Freaking Baby Jesus”: Wife Breaks Shocking News to Husband After Bringing Home Adopted Newborn

"One stick turned positive and a different kind of vomit happened… word vomit… ‘OHHH SH**!!!’ I guess I said it loud enough for Sam to hear me, because he opened the door and asked to look at the test. He then started reading the box saying aloud, ‘Noooo!'"

Tag: Parenting

Dear Husband, I Loved You First

"I realize you often get the last of me. The tired, messy, short-tempered last of me..."

Why I’m Not Teaching My Kids to Have Self-Confidence

As Christian parents, we want our kids to make the right choice when faced with peer pressure. It’s as if all of us are asking this one question: How can teach my kids how to have self-confidence? Because raising self-confident kids is the key, right?

To the Extroverted Mama Raising an Introverted Child

"'I’m a homebody,' my son declared with confidence and surety. I blinked. First of all, where did he (then four) hear that expression? And second, how did I not know this?"

“You’re Not Beautiful Because 30 of Your Friends Comment on Your Selfie”: To My Daughter, in the Age of Social Media

"There will probably be days when you believe I am being absolutely unfair. And there will probably be days when I will second guess myself."

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."

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?"

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."