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Relationships

It takes a village, and we're here to help you navigate yours. With advice about finding a village or maintaining yours to diving into family dynamics and the intimate relationship with your partner, we'll help you nurture and strengthen the bonds that matter most to you.

Marriage & Partnerships

Miss Rachel
Marriage & Partnerships

Ms. Rachel went viral for this powerful truth about marriage and parenthood

Updated Jan. 23, 2025
Marriage & Partnerships, Celebrity News, News, Relationships
Marriage after kids: A couple holding hands
Relationships

The honest truth about how my marriage has changed since having kids

If you asked me how my marriage has changed since having kids, I’d say we have learned how to communicate with each other more effectively.

Updated Dec. 23, 2024
Relationships, Marriage & Partnerships
viral instagram post: need a man who wants to be a husband and a father not have a wife and kids
Viral & Trending

You need a man who wants to be a husband and a father—not have a wife and kids

It takes a village, and we're here to help you navigate yours.…

Updated Dec. 03, 2024
Viral & Trending, Marriage & Partnerships, News, Relationships
Parallel parenting
Parenting

Parallel parenting: A practical guide to finding peace after separation

It takes a village, and we're here to help you navigate yours.…

Updated Nov. 26, 2024
Parenting, Marriage & Partnerships, Relationships, Single Parenting
TikTok video explaining nagging
Viral & Trending

Viral video brilliantly explains the ‘nag paradox’ and why it causes couples to fight

"You're not a nag for wanting partnership."

Updated Jul. 11, 2024
Viral & Trending, Marriage & Partnerships
couple sitting on a couch with two kids
Marriage & Partnerships

To my partner: One day, we’ll miss all of this

But right now we have all this. All this beauty. All this wonder. All this joy. Right at our fingertips.

Updated Sep. 03, 2024
Marriage & Partnerships, Motherly Stories

Community & Friendship

type A mom
Parenting

Are you a Type A or Type B mom? Here’s why you need the other in your life

Type A moms thrive on order and planning, while Type B moms embrace flexibility and spontaneity.

Updated Mar. 19, 2025
Parenting, Community & Friendship, Relationships
mom friend
Parenting

Every new mom deserves a mom friend like this—and 12 million viewers agree

A heartwarming TikTok from @ustheremingtons with almost 12.4 million views shows a mom stepping in to give her new mom friend a much-needed break

Updated Mar. 18, 2025
Parenting, Community & Friendship, News, Relationships, Viral & Trending
viral instagram post on texting mom friends
Viral & Trending

Why texting back takes 3–5 business days for moms—and the viral video that sums it up

It takes a village, and we're here to help you navigate yours.…

Updated Dec. 03, 2024
Viral & Trending, Community & Friendship, News, Relationships
mom holding her newborn baby in a nursery - first of my friends to have a baby
Community & Friendship

I’m the friend who had kids first. Here’s what I wish my other friends had known

Understand that your mama friend still needs you.

Updated Oct. 04, 2024
Community & Friendship, Motherly Stories

Blended Families

mom and daughter laughing on the couch on christmas - co parenting during the holidays
Blended Families

How to navigate the holidays when your kids have two homes

Updated Dec. 09, 2022
Blended Families, The Holidays
mom talking with kid offering step-parent advice
Blended Families

Step-parent advice: 10 ways to strengthen your relationship with your step-children

Living as a blended family can be beautiful, but it can also be a difficult journey.

Updated Sep. 06, 2024
Blended Families, Parenting
blended family spending time together
Blended Families

The 3 most important things you can do to ease the transition of blending your family

Change is hard, even for adults. Now imagine being a child, and having your entire world turned upside down—here's how you can help.

Updated Jan. 17, 2023
Blended Families
adele-wearing-gown-instagram
Celebrity News

Adele wrote a song for her son to help him understand her divorce

It takes a village, and we're here to help you navigate yours.…

Updated Oct. 07, 2021
Celebrity News, Blended Families, Life, News, Relationships, Single Parenting
dad and stepdad posing with daughter
Blended Families

These viral photos of a dad and stepdad are co-parenting #goals

David and Dylan made choices to cooperate instead of competing. To see each other not as the enemy, but as allies fighting for Willow's happiness. And those choices eventually made them friends and then family.

Updated Jun. 29, 2023
Blended Families, Viral & Trending
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Blended Families

This mom’s viral TikTok hack will make your child’s co-parenting schedule a whole lot easier

The wonders of a dry erase board and a simple formula can be easily replicated.

Updated Mar. 18, 2022
Blended Families, Viral & Trending

Grandparents & Extended Family

grandma twins
News

Mom surprises her grandparents with twin pregnancy—50 years after they had twins of their own

A recent pregnancy announcement wasn't just personal news – it was a beautiful echo of her grandparents' past.

Updated May. 02, 2025
News, Grandparents & Extended Families, Relationships, Viral & Trending
Dad preparing for his daughter's due date
Grandparents & Extended Families

This dad turned his daughter’s due date into the ultimate family game—and the internet is obsessed

He even makes his own lined paper—a detail TikTok can’t get over.

Updated Apr. 21, 2025
Grandparents & Extended Families, Birth, Relationships
Elderly neighbours hand out easter baskets
Relationships

Retired neighbors surprise kids with Easter baskets—and what happens next will warm your heart

It's more than just a sweet gesture—it's a reminder of the kind of neighbors we all hope to have. Or better yet, the kind of neighbors we all can be.

Updated Apr. 17, 2025
Relationships, Grandparents & Extended Families
pediatrician grandma
News

A pediatrician grandma’s $20 travel tip is going viral—and parents are rushing to Amazon

A pediatrician—and grandma—holds up a tiny device that costs just around $20—and parents everywhere are calling it a game-changer

Updated Apr. 24, 2025
News, Children's Health, Grandparents & Extended Families, Health & Wellness, Viral & Trending

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Divorce

college drop-off - kid waving bye to mom
Motherly Stories

How shared custody prepared me for college drop-off

I stood there alone amidst the towering redwood trees waiting for the grief to hit. It didn’t.

Updated Oct. 02, 2024
Motherly Stories, Divorce
divorced parents with child happy
Divorce

I’m getting a divorce—why am I thriving compared to the other moms I know?

I am proud to say that I think we are building a better divorce than many people’s marriages—through open communication, putting our kids first and a high degree of mutual respect.

Updated Feb. 29, 2024
Divorce
Mom doing housework with baby in arms
Viral & Trending

Mom received an epic $215K divorce settlement for 25 years of unpaid housework—and we’re still clapping

Ivana Moral of Spain will be paid the sum by her ex-husband.

Updated Nov. 17, 2023
Viral & Trending, Divorce
young girl holding mom and dad's hands- divorce is hard
Divorce

The dangers of #DivorceGoals

Divorce is tricky. Divorce with kids involved is even trickier.

Updated Sep. 05, 2023
Divorce, Motherly Stories

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Lilo and Stitch
Life

She’s not a mom—but Nani from Lilo & Stitch shows what real motherhood looks like

But in the heart of Lilo & Stitch lives one of Disney’s most powerful portrayals of motherhood—and she’s not even a mom.

Updated Jun. 02, 2025
Life, Relationships, Work & Motherhood
grandma twins
News

Mom surprises her grandparents with twin pregnancy—50 years after they had twins of their own

A recent pregnancy announcement wasn't just personal news – it was a beautiful echo of her grandparents' past.

Updated May. 02, 2025
News, Grandparents & Extended Families, Relationships, Viral & Trending
Dad preparing for his daughter's due date
Grandparents & Extended Families

This dad turned his daughter’s due date into the ultimate family game—and the internet is obsessed

He even makes his own lined paper—a detail TikTok can’t get over.

Updated Apr. 21, 2025
Grandparents & Extended Families, Birth, Relationships
Elderly neighbours hand out easter baskets
Relationships

Retired neighbors surprise kids with Easter baskets—and what happens next will warm your heart

It's more than just a sweet gesture—it's a reminder of the kind of neighbors we all hope to have. Or better yet, the kind of neighbors we all can be.

Updated Apr. 17, 2025
Relationships, Grandparents & Extended Families
pediatrician grandma
News

A pediatrician grandma’s $20 travel tip is going viral—and parents are rushing to Amazon

A pediatrician—and grandma—holds up a tiny device that costs just around $20—and parents everywhere are calling it a game-changer

Updated Apr. 24, 2025
News, Children's Health, Grandparents & Extended Families, Health & Wellness, Viral & Trending
Newborn visitors
Relationships

Mom blocks visitors from meeting her baby—and accidentally creates a moment no one will forget

Newborn boundaries can be tough to enforce—especially when you're a first-time mom and your extended family can’t wait to meet the baby.

Updated Apr. 09, 2025
Relationships, Grandparents & Extended Families, News, Viral & Trending
Mom talking about invisible labor
Relationships

Mom of four shares why household chores almost ended her marriage

The video opens with a gut-punch: “I had an amazing husband… but I was incredibly frustrated and burnt out from our marriage and from motherhood.”

Updated Apr. 04, 2025
Relationships, Career & Money, Parenting, Work & Motherhood
Sibling love
Parenting

Mom walks away for a moment—what her son does for his autistic sister is pure love

Sam shared a quietly powerful clip: a secretly filmed moment between her young son, Wolf, and her autistic daughter, Nina.

Updated Apr. 04, 2025
Parenting, Relationships
type A mom
Parenting

Are you a Type A or Type B mom? Here’s why you need the other in your life

Type A moms thrive on order and planning, while Type B moms embrace flexibility and spontaneity.

Updated Mar. 19, 2025
Parenting, Community & Friendship, Relationships
Parents with their kid
Parenting

Scientists uncover a surprising way parenting rewires your brain—and it may help slow aging

New research suggests that the challenges of parenting could also be shaping your brain in ways that protect against aging.

Updated Mar. 18, 2025
Parenting, Relationships
mom friend
Parenting

Every new mom deserves a mom friend like this—and 12 million viewers agree

A heartwarming TikTok from @ustheremingtons with almost 12.4 million views shows a mom stepping in to give her new mom friend a much-needed break

Updated Mar. 18, 2025
Parenting, Community & Friendship, News, Relationships, Viral & Trending
A woman on TikTok
Parenting

Expert reveals 4 things parents of well-behaved kids always do—without realizing it

By connecting, validating, reasoning with, and setting boundaries for their children, parents create an environment where kids feel safe and supported.

Updated Mar. 13, 2025
Parenting, Relationships
A drawing
Relationships

Grieving son cleans out late dad’s desk—what he finds after 25 years will move you

The image of the childhood drawing—a simple sketch of a green figure, likely inspired by an arcade game—hit home for thousands.

Updated Mar. 11, 2025
Relationships, News, Viral & Trending
A newborn baby
Birth Stories

A grandmother helps deliver her grandson in a car—just hours after losing her own mother

The timing of Noah’s birth—just hours after the passing of his great-grandmother—felt like something more than coincidence.

Updated Mar. 05, 2025
Birth Stories, Birth, Grandparents & Extended Families, Relationships
photo recreated
Viral & Trending

Mom accidentally recreates childhood photo with grandparents—25 years later

It wasn’t just the pose that was eerily similar—Amelia was wearing the exact same white dress her mom had worn 25 years earlier.

Updated Mar. 05, 2025
Viral & Trending, Grandparents & Extended Families, News, Relationships
Grandmother
Viral & Trending

You won’t believe this grandma’s hilarious reaction to a pregnancy test mix-up

When the truth finally clicked—that her youngest grandchild was having a baby—her face transformed with the kind of joy that can’t be rehearsed.

Updated Feb. 10, 2025
Viral & Trending, Grandparents & Extended Families, Relationships
Miss Rachel
Marriage & Partnerships

Ms. Rachel went viral for this powerful truth about marriage and parenthood

“There’s no Ms. Rachel without Mr. Aron.” That’s not hyperbole.

Updated Jan. 23, 2025
Marriage & Partnerships, Celebrity News, News, Relationships
Marriage after kids: A couple holding hands
Relationships

The honest truth about how my marriage has changed since having kids

If you asked me how my marriage has changed since having kids, I’d say we have learned how to communicate with each other more effectively.

Updated Dec. 23, 2024
Relationships, Marriage & Partnerships
Mom yelling at her kid
Parenting

Is yelling at your kids always harmful? Here’s the truth

Here’s what neuroscience and real-life parenting reveal about the impact of yelling—and how to approach it with nuance.

Updated Dec. 27, 2024
Parenting, Relationships
grandad's love and support
Grandparents & Extended Families

Grandpa skips to school with granddaughter to help single mom—and wins the Internet

In the TikTok video Samantha shared on her account, @samanthabrookex, she explains how her dad steps in on the days her mental health makes leaving the house difficult.

Updated Dec. 26, 2024
Grandparents & Extended Families, Health & Wellness, Mental Health, Parenting, Relationships, Single Parenting
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