Note: This #UpChat has concluded, but don’t worry! You can check out our recap of the discussion below and here. This might not be news for some of you. For others, this might be the first time you’ve ever seen the facts on this issue. But this is real: Too many kids in the United…
“When you think they aren’t listening, they are. When you think you’ve said it 1,000 times but it hasn’t sunk in…it has.” Kids are funny little creatures, aren’t they? You can ask them to pick up their shoes, or put clothes on what seems like 57 times in an hour, and they dont listen. But…
Mom and Dad are in the house, spitting some funny rhymes about parenting and stuff… [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_NspDWssIY?rel=0&w=600&h=360] via Miss Cellania Read more: http://dailypicksandflicks.com/2012/08/14/the-parent-rap-video/
In a recent interview with German newspaper Tagesspiegel, artist Marina Abramovic suggested that having children would have ruined her creativity. “I had three abortions because I was certain that it would be a disaster for my work,” she said. “One only has limited energy in the body, and I would have had to divide it.”…
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Most parents who adopt want to adopt babies, which means the odds of finding a family keep going down for kids as they get older. Different places try to help these older kids in different ways, but there’s nothing like a forever family, right? That’s what makes this promising new “hosting” program so exciting. [youtube…
Everyone has their own unique situation when it comes to family. Watch some examples that will make you shed a tear or two: At 0:30 learn about a father’s love for his son. At 0:47 hear about a transgender woman’s struggle. And make sure you keep watching until 3:50 for a touching moment between a mother and daughter. [youtube…
Sebastian Łuczywo is a father-of-two who creates stunning and heart-warming photos of his family and pets in a small, quaint and beautiful rural village in Poland. Łuczywo, a business adviser by day and devoted photographer by night, agreed to talk to Bored Panda about his passion for photography. Sebastian’s images are beautiful still-lifes in a…
No. It’s not. And if you worry about your kid “turning gay,” please don’t. Sexuality is complex. It’s certainly not the either/or, choice/born-this-way matter it’s made out to be in mainstream conversations. Scientists and keen social observers are constantly adding to the dialogue. But as far as any of us are concerned, gayness has always…
Celebrate your body, just by watching this video. Then celebrate with friends, by sharing it. [vimeo 36987057 w=810 h=608] Lucille Clifton was a writer, an educator, and the Poet Laureate of Maryland. She passed away in 2010. Read more: http://upworthy.com/a-woman-with-a-great-mind-asks-you-to-take-a-moment-to-appreciate-her-body-5
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We’re inundated with pictures of celebs who just gave birth, punctuated by headlines touting how they “got their bodies back” in record time. By record time, I mean a completely unrealistic amount of time. And the fact is that a woman’s body is often forever changed by having children. This is not a bad thing!…
Parents are using their children’s attachment to social media to their advantage, making it a powerful incentive — and punishment — in the age-old struggle to raise kids right. Parents are tightening the reins on their kids’ previously unchecked Internet access, as they begin to better understand the broader implications of social media, constant connectedness…
googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display(‘VN_PG_DTAT_ATF’); }); My mother is the ultimate hoarder. She works part-time at a retail store and I swear, at least once a week, she brings home some empty cardboard boxes. Her excuse is that we might need them to store something in the future. (Spoiler alert: We never will.) Cardboard can be used…
It’s like living with a prison warden who thinks you’re the best person in the world. 1. Sleepovers? Nope. View this image › Disney / Via i.imgur.com Sleeping over at other people’s houses was not a part of your childhood. Your parents just couldn’t trust that your friends’ parents wouldn’t let their kids do whatever…
Foster care is supposed to be a place where kids can get help, recover from past trauma, and maybe begin to trust adults again. For these kids, it was the opposite, and it was a nightmare. Until Detective Jack Mook came along. Read more: http://upworthy.com/at-first-i-thought-these-kids-were-in-trouble-to-this-cop-theyre-a-joy
The Internet can be a cesspool of hate and vain self-promotion — but sometimes it’s just the opposite. I want the Internet to become a better, nicer place; so here are a few tweets I stumbled across that I found meaningful enough to share. Caution: some of these tweets may contain strong language and good…