Mama’s bringing the trauma. As kiddos from coast-to-coast prepare to return to the classroom in the coming weeks, one mother is making it clear that she’s not prepared to force her brood to tackle assignments, study for tests or complete enriching projects once the end-of-day school bell tolls. It’s simply not her job. A mom divides … Read more
Oh, barf! Parents who shelled out tens of thousands of dollars to send their children to camp this summer received shocking news from the front this week — several pricey sleepaway spots in the Poconos and Catskills were spiraling after a nasty stomach bug swept through the secluded sites, sending kiddies and counselors legging it to … Read more
Two in five moms of little ones feel like parenting is a job that the day is simply too short for, according to new research. The survey of 2,000 mothers who are currently breastfeeding or have done so within the past five years examined where the time goes in those early years of parenting. Results … Read more
Complaints around glyphosate, a chemical found in many home and commercial herbicides, are growing like weeds. The herbicide has long been a target of criticism by the Make America Healthy Again movement lead by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. The main concern is it’s a possible carcinogen. Bayer, the company that makes weedkiller Roundup … Read more
It may seem like child’s play, but this doc is dead serious. A pediatric operating room surgeon is sounding the alarm of caution to mothers and fathers worldwide, advising the adults against buying e-bikes for their tykes as the outcomes could be fatal. The whistleblower’s words of wisdom, shared virtually with over 16 million viewers, triggered a … Read more
Tiana Bender-Santiago is doing what cancer said she couldn’t. The 28-year-old, diagnosed with Ewing sarcoma, an aggressive form of bone cancer, at age 13, was told she’d likely never have children. An oafish fertility doctor even deemed her ovaries “dusty.” But now, the brunette and her bellyful of baby are laughing all the way to labor … Read more
Marissa Layne is a mama bear who’s fiercely protective of her cubs. As the mother of a son under 10 and a one-year-old baby girl, the married midwesterner thought she was protecting her little ones’ privacy by only sharing photos of them with a small circle of close friends and family members via her private … Read more
The pregnancy pangs of labor and delivery don’t compare to the pain-in-the-pockets new parents feel once that hospital bill gets delivered. Giving birth to a little baby costs moms like Allison Kuch big bucks. But the 30-year-old influencer, married to former NFL defensive end Isaac Rochell, 31, didn’t bank on being hit with a $20,000 … Read more
A riled-up grandma is calling out what she considers to be extreme measures taken by today’s overprotective parents — sparking a massive online melee. Randi Crawford, who happens to be a parenting coach, started the debate by announcing that she was finding herself baffled by the “mind-boggling” boundaries enforced by modern moms and dads. “The amount … Read more
It’s the pink mommy club of the Upper East Side. But only the well-connected seem to know it’s there. The Pearl — part fitness studio, part social club, part multigenerational event space for personal development programming and bachelorette parties alike — sits in a building like any other on a street like any other on … Read more
A mom of three claimed she was thrown out of a UK supermarket after a male security guard said that her backless top could encourage someone to untie it. Alixe Galatis, 31, said she was stopped while trying to shop at a Tesco store in Essex, southeast England, with her three children on June 26, … Read more
They’re spending lots on their tots as the weather gets hot. New York City moms and dads aren’t sweating the small stuff this summer. They are, however, sweating bullets over the big tuition fees — some totaling over $30,000 — imposed by Big Apple day camps, as well as aftercare babysitters, for their kiddos. “The … Read more
Most parents have a standard checklist of milestones they celebrate: first steps, a lost tooth, the first day of school, or getting a driver’s license. But what happens when your child experiences their first kiss? In a recent Instagram video, one mum shared her unique family tradition of baking a custom cake to commemorate her son’s … Read more
For Elizabeth Weprin, the more than $250,000 she shelled over the course of nearly a decade for seven weeks of summer camp for her two daughters at Raquette Lake Camp in the Adirondacks, was priceless. Not just for the friendships her daughters would make at the program — where tuition starts at $17,450 per pup — … Read more
Stay-at-home mom Bari Sinoyannis thought she was buying a natural, plant-based alternative to pain relievers when she picked up kratom powder at a North Carolina smoke shop in 2022. “The fact that it’s labeled as a natural alternative to pain medication was why I fell for it. I was like, you know what? I’m gonna … Read more
A road-trip bathroom stop turned into a viral parenting showdown — complete with police, shouting, and a wave of moms rushing to defend a dad who was just trying to help his daughters. In a now-viral TikTok video posted earlier this week, Tyler Brodsky is seen helping his young daughters wash their hands in a … Read more
When Bailey Bouwman’s first child was born, he was a heavy wetter, and getting the perfect diaper fit to prevent leakage was impossible. There’s little as demoralizing as being the parent with the wet baby in public. Bouwman also lives in Prince George, British Columbia, so it’s cold. If she didn’t change her son immediately … Read more
I recently read supermodel Emily Ratajkowski’s essay “Motherf—er” for The Cut about life after divorce as a single mom, in which she describes deciding to f–k her “way into a new kind of woman.” As a young single mom in New York City, I felt let down. Not because I object to women having sex, … Read more
This isn’t the first instance of a mother-to-be feeling violated by a random stranger on the street who feels entitled to throw out a comment simply because a pregnant belly is visible. That is exactly what happened to Dr. Natalie Forsell. It was the straw that broke the camel’s back. Channeling her rage into something good, … Read more
For Bernie Sinclaire, coparenting three little kids in the Big Apple is like a dream — mostly because she’s raising tots with another mom instead of an annoying man. The city gal’s “mommune,” a living arrangement in which single mothers split the bills and burdens of bringing up babies, is a “Barbie Dream House”-esque haven … Read more