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Keep up with the latest news on what matters most to your family, from public health to parenting and maybe some celebrity gossip, too.

Mom and baby with home nurse

Families in Oregon can now get free check-in visits at home with a nurse post-birth

These at-home, post-birth visits will allow new parents to ask the trained nurse any questions they’d like.

Updated Jul. 24, 2024
Women at a baby shower

Mom-to-be asks if it’s OK to uninvite SIL with infertility struggles from her baby shower 

“I feel bad for her, but she can’t keep bringing negativity to all of our celebrations,” she said.

Updated Jul. 24, 2024
Mom talks about regretting giving her kids cell phones

Mom shares why she took away her tween’s cell phone—and a plea to other parents

"We as parents need to band together and agree that we're not going to allow it until 14, 15, 16—I don't know."

Updated Jul. 24, 2024
Mom talks about bathing suit chest pads for girls

Mom brings up important point about the padding in girls’ bathing suits

"Those pads are not there to convey any inappropriate meaning or hidden messages."

Updated Jul. 24, 2024
Knix campaign with Megan Rapinoe

Knix will pay athletes to discuss their periods publicly to combat the stigma in sports

With 1 in 2 young athletes skipping physical activity due to their…

Updated Jul. 23, 2024
Kim Kardashian red carpet 2023

Kim Kardashian opens up about the rare skin condition she passed on to her son

Throughout the years, Kim Kardashian has never shied away from being open…

Updated Jul. 23, 2024
Mom of teens/tweens shares opinion on 'summer guilt'

All tween and teen moms will relate to this mom’s video about ‘summer guilt’

I still have that constant guilt that I'm not doing enough, that their summers are wasted"

Updated Jul. 22, 2024
Laura Mock holds up wig

Meteorologist shamed for wearing a wig on-air during cancer battle

"Can she stop playing with her hair and do weather?"

Updated Jul. 22, 2024
New parents lament ipads in restaurants

New parents want to be a ‘coloring book family’ in restaurants

"You’re not a bad parent, but it’s bad parenting."

Updated Jul. 22, 2024
Kylie Kelce on TikTok

Kylie Kelce reveals past miscarriage, slams pregnancy speculation: ‘Let’s do better’

“I do not take getting pregnant or trying to get pregnant lightly,” she says.

Updated Jul. 22, 2024
Breastfed baby tries bottle for the first time

Breastfed baby tries a bottle for the first time, and it did NOT go well 

“I’ll stick to the main source of supply,” mama joked.

Updated Jul. 18, 2024
Southwest flight attendant soothes crying baby

Southwest flight attendant saves the day with a crying baby midair

"On flight 2890 yesterday this angel saved me on my baby's first plane ride."

Updated Jul. 18, 2024
Baby saved by Count the Kicks app

Mom says ‘Count the Kicks’ app saved her baby’s life during her third trimester

Count the Kicks is an app that monitors a baby’s activity in the womb.

Updated Jul. 18, 2024
Boy wearing life vest swimming in lake

Mom warns about hypothermia after son experiences terrifying ‘cold shock’ at the beach

“Just because they can handle it doesn't mean they can handle it,” she wrote.

Updated Jul. 18, 2024
Woman holding phone in kitchen

In the 2 years since launching, the 988 crisis hotline has taken 10 million calls

"That's 10 million people who, often on the worst day of their life, had a resource to reach out to."

Updated Jul. 18, 2024
Anna Faris red carpet 2023

Anna Faris opens up about coparenting her tween son with ex-husband Chris Pratt

"He told me that he has an armpit hair, so it's happening."

Updated Jul. 17, 2024
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