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Daughter Texts Mom “I’ll Be Home Soon” from Burger King Bathroom—20 Minutes Later, Her Worst Nightmare Comes True

"She's my only daughter, my best friend. She was supposed to start her new job today, now she's on life support.”

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...”

Tag: Parenting

Don’t Call Your Kids “World Changers”

You can cover it with a spiritual veneer, you can call it “speaking truth over them,” you can call it a “parental blessing,” you can even call it “stirring them up to greatness.” But from where I sit, and after what I’ve seen, I’ll just call it probably harmful.

Mom Notices Something Unusual in Baby’s Breathing—When She Sees Her Chest, She Rushes Her to the Hospital

"I was watching her sleep next to me and realized it didn’t look right. I unbuttoned her onesie and this is what I saw...Get your baby to the hospital."

Kid Chants “I Love McDonald’s” in Whole Foods—Mom Has a Message for Mortified Onlookers

"The other day at whole foods one of my kids started chanting, 'I love McDonalds.' as loud as He could while onlookers looked on mortified and stunned that this sweet child would be saying such things so close to the Kombucha."

5 Things You Should Never to Say to a Woman Whose Baby Has Died

"If you come across any woman who has lost a baby at ANY stage in pregnancy or following birth—please do the universe a massive favor, and steer clear of saying any of these 5 things."

“Are They All Yours? Is Your Husband Fixed?” Mom Asked Rude Questions by Strangers Gives Advice on How to Approach Big Families

“My goodness these can’t be all of yours right? You do know you have to pay for college and weddings for them all right? Is your husband fixed? Are you fixed?”

To the Friend Who Said “How Can You Be Lonely and Unfulfilled? You Have a Baby.”

"Sometimes I miss my old life. Mothers are so afraid to say that out loud...We stay silent because of judgement and for guilt."

“Are You Mad You Don’t Have a Girl?”

"The question caught me off guard, like the car in your blind spot when you’re changing lanes, the one that lays on the horn and gives you the finger and sends your heart into a series of herky-jerky palpitations that make you wonder if you should dial 911."

“I Am Not a Stay at Home Housekeeper”: Stay-at-Home Mom Drops a Truth Bomb About Her Husband’s Role in Their Home

"When my husband and I decided I should be a stay at home mom, we agreed that that's what I would be, a MOM. I am not a stay at home housekeeper."