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Child Learn & Play

Body language expert shares 3 simple ways to raise socially skilled kids

Updated Oct. 06, 2025
Child Learn & Play
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Postpartum

A breakthrough for postpartum moms: What new research really says about tirzepatide and breastfeeding

“It’s not about racing to thinness. It’s about giving women safe, evidence-based options.”

Updated Oct. 06, 2025
Postpartum, News
Grandparents
Grandparents & Extended Families

What if paying grandparents for child care could solve America’s childcare crisis?

The childcare solution America keeps overlooking might already be living down the street.

Updated Oct. 08, 2025
Grandparents & Extended Families, News, Parenting, Relationships
moms sharing experiences abound financial dependency
Work & Motherhood

Stay-at-home mom describes the uneasy shift from earning to ‘our money’—and why so many relate

When a stay-at-home mom admitted that spending “our money” still feels uncomfortable, millions of parents nodded along.

Updated Oct. 08, 2025
Work & Motherhood, Career & Money, News, Viral & Trending

Health & Wellness

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Children's Health

An education expert’s plan for parents navigating climate anxiety in kids (when you’re scared too)

Updated Oct. 09, 2025
Children's Health, Health & Wellness, Mental Health
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Health & Wellness

That alarm sound is actually ruining your day—here’s why (and what to do about it)

Updated Oct. 08, 2025
Health & Wellness, Women's Health
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Health & Wellness Shopping Guide

I wanted to be proactive about my health—this platform made it easy

Everlywell emphasized context and care in a way that acknowledged the realities of women’s health.

Updated Oct. 06, 2025
Health & Wellness Shopping Guide
Tylenol when pregnant
Pregnancy

White House links Tylenol in pregnancy to autism—what moms really need to know

Can you take Tylenol when pregnant? What does the science actually say? And what should I do if I’m in pain or running a fever?

Updated Sep. 24, 2025
Pregnancy, Health & Wellness, News, Women's Health
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Health & Wellness

Chrissy Teigen on motherhood, postpartum healing, and advocating for kids with Type 1 diabetes

Chrissy Teigen opens up about surprises in motherhood, embracing imperfection, and her son’s Type 1 diabetes diagnosis.

Updated Sep. 17, 2025
Health & Wellness, Children's Health, Podcast, The Motherly Podcast
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Health & Wellness

Parents tried this simple trick—and their babies focused twice as long

Simple interactions may be more effective than others at keeping a baby’s attention

Updated Sep. 12, 2025
Health & Wellness, Children's Health

2025 State of Motherhood Survey

Motherhood can be so many things. And we want to hear what it’s like for you in 2025.

Read the report
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Pregnancy

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Pregnancy

A maternal-health expert explains why Cardi B’s honesty about pregnancy depression matters

She admitted that thoughts of raising her baby alone and losing her partner’s companionship spiralled into sadness and depression.

Updated Oct. 09, 2025
Pregnancy, Celebrity News, News
Miscarriage rates
News

One workplace law cut miscarriage rates by nearly 10%—and it’s changing how we treat pregnancy at work

When workplaces make small accommodations, pregnancy outcomes improve dramatically.

Updated Oct. 09, 2025
News, Getting Pregnant, Miscarriage & Loss, Pregnancy
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Viral & Trending

The car ride that turned into emergency delivery—and somehow, everyone stayed calm

When your hospital run turns into an emergency delivery, calm, faith, and teamwork can make all the difference

Updated Oct. 08, 2025
Viral & Trending, News, Pregnancy
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Celebrity News

Kieran Culkin’s wife Jazz Charton is 9 months pregnant—fulfilling their Oscars “baby pact”

The couple, who already share daughter Kinsey, 6, and son Wilder, 4, are adding another little one to the family.

Updated Sep. 30, 2025
Celebrity News, News, Pregnancy

News

Cardi B
Pregnancy

A maternal-health expert explains why Cardi B’s honesty about pregnancy depression matters

Updated Oct. 09, 2025
Pregnancy, Celebrity News, News
Shoes that light up
Safety

A mom bought her daughter new shoes—then faced the reality of what safety means in America

“I had to break it to her that I’m so sorry, mama,” she says quietly in the video. “We can’t bring those to school.”

Updated Oct. 09, 2025
Safety, News, Parenting, Viral & Trending
Miscarriage rates
News

One workplace law cut miscarriage rates by nearly 10%—and it’s changing how we treat pregnancy at work

When workplaces make small accommodations, pregnancy outcomes improve dramatically.

Updated Oct. 09, 2025
News, Getting Pregnant, Miscarriage & Loss, Pregnancy

Got questions about the Covid vaccine for kids? Here’s a helpful FAQ for parents

Experts answer your biggest questions about Covid vaccines for kids 5 to 11.

Here are all the celebrity babies born in 2021!

Wait until you hear her queenly name!

8 working moms share how they find work-life balance

“I set the boundary to focus separately on family and work. My inbox is never empty, but I make sure my computer and iPad are away so I’m not tempted to look at them.”

Mom goes viral on TikTok for data presentation showing reality of maternity leave

In a viral TikTok, this mom uses data visualization to show just how hard maternity leave is.
Grandparents
Grandparents & Extended Families

What if paying grandparents for child care could solve America’s childcare crisis?

Updated Oct. 08, 2025
Grandparents & Extended Families, News, Parenting, Relationships
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Viral & Trending

The car ride that turned into emergency delivery—and somehow, everyone stayed calm

Updated Oct. 08, 2025
Viral & Trending, News, Pregnancy
moms sharing experiences abound financial dependency
Work & Motherhood

Stay-at-home mom describes the uneasy shift from earning to ‘our money’—and why so many relate

Updated Oct. 08, 2025
Work & Motherhood, Career & Money, News, Viral & Trending

Parenting

Shoes that light up
Safety

A mom bought her daughter new shoes—then faced the reality of what safety means in America

“I had to break it to her that I’m so sorry, mama,” she says quietly in the video. “We can’t bring those to school.”

Updated Oct. 09, 2025
Safety, News, Parenting, Viral & Trending
Grandparents
Grandparents & Extended Families

What if paying grandparents for child care could solve America’s childcare crisis?

The childcare solution America keeps overlooking might already be living down the street.

Updated Oct. 08, 2025
Grandparents & Extended Families, News, Parenting, Relationships
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Parenting

Mom lets grandparents break the rules—and it’s winning hearts online

When it comes to childcare, sometimes letting grandparents do their thing is the best parenting hack

Updated Oct. 08, 2025
Parenting, News, Viral & Trending
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Parenting

A 9-year-old’s English lessons for her dad are melting hearts everywhere

e. And a 9-year-old teacher whose mantra—“It takes process”—is turning everyday lessons into heartwarming TikTok magic.

Updated Oct. 08, 2025
Parenting, News, Viral & Trending
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Pregnant? Bookmark these 13 articles now

A guide for every stage in your incredible journey.

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6 ways to celebrate Women’s History Month with your kids

Make memories while building lasting knowledge with these fun and easy ideas.

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Viral & Trending

Mom’s spot-on gentle parenting spoof will make you feel triggered and laugh at the same time

Does her video make you feel emotionally dysregulated?

Updated Mar. 15, 2024
Viral & Trending
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Viral & Trending

Do you suffer from ‘freedom paralysis’ during naptime? Mom’s viral video is hilariously relatable

“Too many options; she’s overwhelmed. Just let her buffer for a bit.”

Updated Mar. 14, 2024
Viral & Trending
mom talks about not making enough money
Viral & Trending

This mom explains why she refuses to take on a second job despite inflation costs

“$100,000 a year is the new $50,000 a year.”

Updated Mar. 14, 2024
Viral & Trending, Career & Money, Health & Wellness
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Parenting

A parent’s guide to nurturing high achievers

It's essential to continually remind them that their worth is not solely tied to their achievements or accolades.

Updated Mar. 14, 2024
Parenting
Mom goes off about school dress code
Viral & Trending

Mom gives fiery response to school’s sexism after her daughter receives a dress code violation

"It’s 2024, and we're still teaching the boys that girls are their sexual play toys."

Updated Mar. 14, 2024
Viral & Trending
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Celebrity News

Christina Applegate on parenting with MS: It’s heartbreaking when you have to say to your kid, ‘I can’t’

It's heartbreaking when you have to say to your kid, ‘I can't.'

Updated Mar. 14, 2024
Celebrity News
Parents dropping toddler off to preschool
Viral & Trending

These parents laugh-sobbing after son’s first preschool dropoff will make you feel so seen

“I thought I was gonna be cool,” said dad, through tears.

Updated Mar. 14, 2024
Viral & Trending
Lunch lady saves boy from choking
Viral & Trending

Long Island lunch aide saves 7-year-old boy when he was choking on pizza

"She did exactly what she would've done if it was her children."

Updated Mar. 14, 2024
Viral & Trending
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Postpartum

Why are so many postpartum women constipated?

An expert explains the very real (and very common) struggle.

Updated Mar. 13, 2024
Postpartum, Women's Health
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Toddler Learn & Play

Airplane mode can soothe toddler tantrums—yes, really

He doesn’t need to yell so much now that he knows I'm there. Ready and present.

Updated Mar. 13, 2024
Toddler Learn & Play, Motherly Stories
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Motherly Stories

To my child, when I forget to feel lucky

My life could have gone in a hundred different directions. Instead, here I am, getting to be with you.

Updated Sep. 03, 2024
Motherly Stories
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Celebrity News

Here’s what Drew Barrymore thinks about her tween daughters’ interest in skincare

"I think the things we tell ourselves inside our minds should remind us that beauty is for everyone."

Updated Mar. 13, 2024
Celebrity News
Mom rants about how dads don't ever have to carry anything
Viral & Trending

Viral rant about men never carrying anything has moms everywhere hollering

Moms are tired of being pack mules.

Updated Mar. 13, 2024
Viral & Trending
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Celebrity News

Olivia Munn shares she’s been battling breast cancer for 10 months

"I've only cried twice. I guess I haven't felt like there was time to cry."

Updated Mar. 13, 2024
Celebrity News
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Celebrity News

Hilary Duff’s husband hilariously chronicled his vasectomy: ‘10/10 would recommend’

Hilary is expecting baby number four, and it seems the couple is all set on the kids front.

Updated Mar. 13, 2024
Celebrity News
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Viral & Trending

Woman says she was ‘shocked’ to learn some people pay family members to babysit their kids

"I was not even aware that someone would think of charging their family member for babysitting their kid(s) occasionally."

Updated Mar. 13, 2024
Viral & Trending
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Home

Mom shares messy house realities with 3 kids and there’s so much solidarity in the comments

We feel so seen.

Updated Mar. 12, 2024
Home
George Lewis on Instagram: mental load starts in pregnancy
Mental Health

The mental load for a mother starts in pregnancy, and a man summed it up perfectly

This video is painfully accurate.

Updated Mar. 12, 2024
Mental Health, Pregnancy
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Child Shopping Guide

The mom’s guide to tween stink: 8 kid-friendly deodorants they’ll want to use

Middle school gives them enough to worry about.

Updated Apr. 22, 2025
Child Shopping Guide, Health & Wellness Shopping Guide
Mom makes homemade goldfish
Motherly

Mom who makes homemade Goldfish crackers says she has ‘high food standards’

"My kids have never had the opportunity to eat popular kid-marketed foods because my food standards are really high and I prioritize health over convenience."

Updated Mar. 12, 2024
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