It’s a parent’s worst nightmare: finding her baby girl motionless in her crib with blood trickling from her nose. This was the fate of two-month-old Sapphire, in Ahipara, New Zealand. The coroner suspects the cause of death was alcohol poisoning via breastmilk ingestion. The toxicology report showed alcohol levels of 308 milligrams per 100 milliliters...
“It quickly became apparent that what had just happened was a catastrophe… I died in 2015, not now.” Lesley Roberts couldn’t believe her happy, intelligent boy who showed no suicidal tendencies and had no history of mental illnesses would take his own life. She hadn’t even known he’d gone through with the circumcision. On 25th...
You may have met someone pretending to be smarter than they are. They try to use big words or bring up their important-sounding hobby or job. They may even put on thick glasses and wear shirts with collars. However, they tend to be aggressive and argumentative because they always have to be right. They ignore...
Everyone knows food products reminiscent of their childhood. It could be a type of ice cream, candy, or a special lemonade grandma would prepare every summer. Whichever they are, these memories bring so much joy because it’s not just about the food; it’s about the story behind it. “Food memories feel so nostalgic because there’s...
Nowadays, it’s totally cliché to describe a lady as ‘one in a million’. A little creativity would be appreciated. However, no one was trying to be cute or sweet when they described the late Rose Marie Bentley as ‘one in fifty million’. Doctors estimated that probably one out of 50 million people in the world...
Scientists at the National Institutes of Health and the University of Alabama at Birmingham found a link between graying hair in mice and the activation of the innate immune system. Specifically, the authors of the study identified a connection between genes associated with hair color and genes that sound the alarm in the event of...
Casey Douglas never wanted to bear children, which shocked her Christian community. Little did she know that she would become the parent of a child who truly needed her. Although Randall wasn’t a child. He was 18 when they adopted him. Adopting a Teenager When they married, Casey and Peter decided to volunteer as youth pastors at...
Parents in this day and age have to figure out what their parents never had to do. So much has changed from previous generations. Parents are now raising children in a world entirely different than the one they grew up in. Once upon a time, it was expected for women to be stay-at-home mothers. Nowadays, many...
Every now and then, the Internet “discovers” something you just sort of assumed everyone knew. Like, for example, that pufferfish inflate themselves with water and not air. It seems logical that people would assume that fish – which famously remain underwater when they are not dead – fill up with water when they inflate themselves. But apparently vast swathes...
A study was published in the Journal Behavioral Neuroscience. It observed fathers interacting with their toddler-aged and sons and daughters with the goal of analyzing any gender-based differences in their interactions. The researchers noticed that the fathers used different uses of language and attentiveness for each one. This was an interesting finding since previous research...
“How to love yourself” is a popular topic among self-help communities. Self-love is touted to strengthen relationships, improve quality of life, and increase feelings of happiness. However, it’s so much easier said than done. There are many habits and personality traits that hold us back, and they are hard to break. On the journey to...
Getting pregnant at 40 must be an exhilarating experience for all the moms out there. You are in a better place financially, mentally and emotionally to take on the responsibility of a baby. In your 20s and 30s, you are under the constant stress of working on your career while raising your children. But in...
