She shook this table really hard… Gender equality is a venture that women aren’t backing down from anytime soon. In an explicit Facebook post, Australian celebrity blogger and mom of four, Constance Hall called out husbands who have to wait to be asked before they help with chores [1]. A woman doesn’t have to nag...

In 2015, granola bar company Nature Valley created an ad in which they asked three generations of families one question: When you were a kid, what did you do for fun? The older two generations shared many wonderful memories of playing outside, building forts, picking blueberries, and going on fishing trips. They reminisced fondly of...

The signs of abuse can often be hard to see, especially when the abuser is a parent. Not only may people outside of the situation not see the signs, but it can be years before the child recognizes the abuse. These are some of the signs that you or someone you know has an abusive...

In a case that feels ripped from the script of a dystopian TV show, a Pennsylvania school district found itself in the middle of a massive scandal. Back in 2010, the Lower Merion School District was accused of spying on its students. This was orchestrated by using webcams installed on school-issued laptops. The incident, which...

She wasn’t pregnant at 4 am (or so she thought) but became a mother several hours later. Klara Dollan spent nine months not knowing she was pregnant until she went into labor and gave birth in her apartment bathroom. Circumstances like hers are known as cryptic pregnancies, a rare but not unheard-of phenomenon. What are...

When Paige and Daniel Zezulka from Athens, Georgia decided they wanted to become foster parents, they were placed with then-5-month-old Kai (3). While they expected the journey to be a difficult one, they did not expect what would come next. “We got a call about a little boy who needed a home,” Paige Zezulka told...

Admit it, you’ve jumped and screamed when a spider has crawled along the floor next to your foot. Whether you’re a spider-lover or not, we’ve all done it. Humans are biologically hardwired to fear these creepy crawlies, it’s how we’ve survived and thrived as a species. But, before you grab that rolled-up piece of newspaper,...

Owning a home in the United States is no easy venture. The statement ‘buying a house’ has taken on a whole new meaning over the years. It’s rarely seen when people buy a home all at once. Nearly everyone – except the wealthy few – has to make down payments and pay a mortgage for...

It’s not easy for one person to pack a few necessities, get into a car, and drive off to live in a farmyard house, grow their own food, generate their own power, collect their own water, cook with wood and charcoal stoves, and literally just live without any modern utilities. For a family of seven,...

“All the forces on this planet will never beat that of a mother’s love.” – Elle Smith She didn’t actually believe it was possible that at the age of 60, she could go full-term as a gestational surrogate for her son and his partner. 61-year-old Cecile Eledge from Nebraska, Omaha, desperately wanted to be a...

Whether responsibly or not, parents make the decision to bring children into the world who are dependent on them for many years. All parents want to provide for their children. They long to give them a stable environment, educational opportunities, and nourishing meals. But sometimes this well-intentioned desire backfires. Adult children assume that their parents...

You can’t help everyone, but you can help someone. People are always moving at fast paces, with places to go and goals to accomplish. There’s barely any time to notice that there are people around us who can’t fend for themselves. They need help, and no one has the time or energy to lend a...