Category: News

Birth Order Stereotype Debunked

There’s a common conception of what children will be like, depending on the order they were born. But a new study by the medical journal PNAS has found that no such link actually exists. The data implies that there’s no real statistical significance concerning how birth order affects personality. So...

MLB All-Star Player AND Father

New York Mets second baseman Daniel Murphy was named the all MVP of the national league championship series after helping lead his Mets to the World Series. But he’s not just an amazing player – he’s also an amazing father. The player was under scrutiny last season, when he missed...

Outsourcing Bagged Lunch

Smart Lunches, a Boston startup company, has created a new means for parents to provide their children with lunches. The company creates the lunches with 100% nut-free, nutrient dense, sensible salt and sugar limits, and served in appropriate portion sizes. This program is actually a wonderful idea, and a number...

The Assistant with the Save

Sandra Ferguson, a teacher’s aide in California, was on her way to work when she noticed a student who seemed terrified, sitting in a car with a man she’d never seen. Curious, Sandra investigated. It turns out, Sandra made a really good call, as the eleven year old girl had...

Utah Parents vs. Bodybuilder Teacher

Utah middle school teacher Mindi Jensen has come under scrutiny for some of the pictures on her Instagram. I mean they’re just work out pictures… wait, they’re just work out pictures? Then what’s the problem? Apparently a group of “concerned” parents saw the pictures and complained to the school district,...

Asking a Nation for a Home

First4Adoption, a UK based adoption agency, ended National Adoption Week by making an empassioned call to the country. Grace, a three year old who has been in foster care her entire life, is in need of a new home. The little tomboy was born 25 weeks prematurely and has been...

The American Boy Doll

On her son’s sixth birthday, mother Gino DeMillo Wagner asked what he wanted. And after years of seeing his sister love her “American Girl” doll, all he wanted was an “American Boy” doll. The only problem is that those dolls don’t exist. But just because reality is being annoying isn’t...