Here’s a post-pregnancy side effect you might not know about

I was lying in bed with my husband recently when he said something that cut me to the core. I put him on top as usual to sleep, and he made a joke about my deflated postpartum breasts. “I’ll have to call you my shrunken-chested pirate,” he said with a laugh. “A Combination of Sadness … Read more

Mom sparks backlash after discovering family shares deodorant

“Do all the people in your house who wear deodorant have their own deodorant, or do they use the same deodorant stick?” That’s the question a mother randomly asked her 90,000 followers on TikTok this week. “I was a little surprised at first,” but then she said, “Let me explain why I’m asking you this…” … Read more

‘Next-level helicopter parents’ track their grown children, intervene in roommate conflicts

Increased parental anxiety is resulting in “next-level helicopter parenting” for college students, one psychotherapist told Fox News Digital — and others agree that as well-intentioned as it may be, it can cause harm in the long run. “There is no doubt [that] parents are more concerned and more intrusive than ever,” Jonathan Alpert, a psychotherapist … Read more

Parents hand out ‘playdate business cards’ to children to make friends

Play dates are serious business, now that kids are handing out formal business cards to key in their future encounters with new friends. That’s what mom influencer Vanity Rodriguez discovered after her child came home from school with a playdate business card. “If you’re an extroverted parent with an extroverted kid, I think that’s the … Read more

Eating fish during pregnancy can reduce the risk of autism by 20%: study

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In cod they believe. Eating fish during pregnancy can reduce the likelihood of a child being diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder by 20%, a new study has found. Taking fish oil supplements did not produce the same result. “This study provides yet more evidence for the safety and benefit of regular fish consumption during … Read more

Saline nasal drops can shorten children’s colds by 2 days: study

They are giving props to the nose drops. Researchers in the United Kingdom say that hypertonic saline nasal drops can shorten a child’s cold by two days and reduce the risk that family members will also get sick. Children have as many as 10 to 12 upper respiratory tract infections a year, the researchers said. … Read more

The ‘entitled’ mom has a crazy request for another woman’s baby on the flight

“I was on a flight with my three-year-old daughter and there was a family sitting across from us with a child who looked about the same age,” one mother begins her post on a parenting advice forum. “The little boy noticed my daughter’s iPad and was trying to grab it and started crying when mom … Read more