· 10 min read
Parents have always been giving it their best shot as there’s really no perfect way to raise kids. However, there’s a huge gap in behavior standards between kids of nowadays and the older generations. The entitled attitude is at an all-time high, loneliness is a real problem, depression is more alarming than ever before, and […]
· 5 min read
Losing a mom is like a losing a light that had been illuminating your whole life. Only once it’s gone do you realize how dark the world is without it. You may try to adjust to this darkness, but you will never forget the light you lost. And as people expect you to stop grieving […]
· 7 min read
Aren’t grandmothers the best? They feed us, comfort us, and take care of us when we’re sick. They love spoiling us, so it’s important that we show Grandma how much we love and appreciate her by spoiling her a little right back. We asked the team to put together a list of 25 of our […]
· 2 min read
On August 11th, 2014, the whole world was saddened to learn that the great comedian Robin Williams had taken his own life. Now every year on his birthday, his daughter Zelda donates to a charity in his memory. This year for his 69th birthday, she decided to do just what her dad would have wanted: […]
· 6 min read
Teaching is one of the most difficult and yet most important jobs you can have. Despite this, teachers are continuously underpaid, underappreciated, and lack the support they need from their school boards and the families of their students. This former kindergarten teacher quit teaching for reasons that may surprise most people. This is her story. […]
· 4 min read
The title of a “broken home” is often given to families who have gone through a divorce. This word broken, however, implies that there is only hardship where love still exists. To discuss this, Kate Rose wrote a letter to her children. In it she says that just because they’ve experienced the divorce of their […]
· 6 min read
Menstruation is a normal and healthy part of life, with 26% of the global population (about half of the female population) are in the reproductive stage of life. Still, menstruation is stigmatized all over the world, leading to damaging misconceptions and even discrimination. Although many educate girls on the topic, boys are very often left […]
· 3 min read
So far, 2020 has been a pretty challenging year, and there has been far more bad news than good. We know that this year may not be delivering all the positive stories you’d like to be hearing, so why don’t we turn back the clock a few years to 2015, and reminisce about a truly […]
· 4 min read
Kids are more perceptive than we give them credit for. When all we need is a hug, kids can pick up on that. And since they are blessed with being unhindered by routine social standards, they can give the bests hugs. Anyone who has been cuddled by a child knows how precious and heart-warming every […]
· 5 min read
Scotland has now taken an important step toward combating homophobia and is the first country in the world to include LGBTQI history as a part of their school curriculum. For centuries, the LGBTQI (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and Intersex) community has faced discrimmination, violence, oppression, and persecution at the hands of the church, state, […]
· 4 min read
Some classes won’t have an official graduation ceremony this year because of the current pandemic. The classes in safer areas must be thrilled to have the experience of officially graduating and celebrating their academic accomplishments. However, a graduation can become miserable if your family doesn’t bother to show up. That’s what happened to one teenager […]
· 5 min read
Dolls, trucks, Lego, and action figures are all classic children’s toys that have one thing in common: they’re all made of plastic. In fact, in 2017 the website ecobirdy.com conducted a survey which found that 90 percent of all children’s toys are made entirely out of plastic [1]. These brightly-colored plastic toys are placed conveniently […]
