Is Betsy DeVos really trying to cut Special Olympics funding? Yes, yes she is.
Yesterday, Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos acknowledged that yes, she has proposed to cut the $17.6 million that funds the Special Olympics, from the US education budget next year. And I get it — sometimes you see something on the news about the government...
Rose O’Neill, Kewpie dolls, and women’s suffrage | Women’s History Month stories to share with your kids
Next in our series of untold American Women’s History Month stories our kids will love, I kind of went down an awesome rabbit hole learning about the history of women’s political cartoonists and comic writers and illustrators. That’s when I...
Why the new drug for postpartum depression won’t just treat it, it could destigmatize it.
When I heard that the FDA had approved the first-ever drug to treat postpartum depression, I was thrilled. Given how commonplace this serious mental health condition is, and how severe the impact can be on the entire family, I’ve always wished for a greater...
How to talk to your children about mass shootings, bombings, and other tragedies in the news: Helpful resources
Another day, another mass shooting. And I’m not being flip. Today it’s the unfathomably awful Christchurch, New Zealand mosque shootings. In the recent past, it’s been Las Vegas, Orlando, Parkland, Sandy Hook, Nice, London, Boston,...
The big college fraud scandal: One thing we need to fix that we’re not talking about enough
Surely by now you’ve heard the news about the $25 million Operation Varsity Blues bust, in which dozens of wealthy parents and coaches have been arrested for scamming the private university entrance system in the most egregious ways. If not…welcome to the...
The parental leave pledge that’s long overdue: How to help make it happen
We all write so much about work-life-parenting balance… and what a tough balance it is. If it even exists. So I was thrilled to find out about the Pledge Parental Leave initiative that’s coming to an employer near you. Well, hopefully. Pledge Parental...
The US Negro Nurses of WWII | Women’s History Month Stories to share with your kids.
I believe if Women’s History Month gives you an opportunity to learn even even one single new story about important women in history who you didn’t know before — and then share that story with your kids — then that would be fantastic. So I...
If you’re going to watch Green Book, read these articles first. Or, after.
Last night’s 2019’s Best Picture award at the Oscars went to Green Book, a film based (ever so loosely) on a real relationship between prominent Black jazz pianist and classically trained musician Dr. Don Shirley, and his hired driver, Frank “Tony...
5 ideas from LEGO Movie 2 to discuss with your kids : A guide for parents
Last week, I caught a press screening of the The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part with my kids and I have to admit, my expectations were…tempered. The genius of the first LEGO Movie (sorry for any spoilers but you know, 5 year statue of limitations and all) is that...
12 hilarious titles for parenting books that need to be written, stat!
On our Facebook page this week, we shared a meme from Mother Playlist, that said, I’m going to write a parenting book called “Fine. Whatever. Go ahead.” Can you relate? Hilarious as our Facebook followers are, they started sharing titles of their own...
Here’s to Colleen Ballinger who shares the truth about new motherhood on Twitter. (It’s sticky and smells like baby pee and mold.)
Every time I hear someone complain about social media, or how they’re quitting this platform or that because of “all the negativity,” I can’t help but think about all the ways that social platforms have literally saved moms. From blogs that...Hi! We’re Kristen + Liz!
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