Family & Parenting

Many first-time parents eagerly await the heartwarming moment when their beloved dog meets their newborn for the first time. But for Bryan and Neive Arteen, that moment didn’t quite go as planned—and the internet can’t get enough of their black Labrador, Gus, and his hilariously indifferent reaction. Bryan, 24, shared a video of the encounter […]

Big news out of Tokyo, Japan: Starting next September, daycare will be free for all preschool-aged children. Yes, all of them. Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike announced this groundbreaking policy (as reported by the AFP) in an effort to tackle Japan’s plummeting birthrate, a challenge that’s been called nothing short of a demographic crisis. The move

Merry Christmas to everyone going through infertility. I know how hard this season is.  I know so many of us hoped, prayed, and begged that we would be able to be pregnant or have a baby in our arms this Christmas morning, but instead we’re continuing to be told not yet.  As another holiday season

“We made these.” I feel like this time of year we start to see this caption as every mom begins to post their holiday family photos. Cutest little pictures, with their beautiful children, tagging their husband with a caption similar to, ‘we made these.’ And I get it. I can only imagine the overwhelming gratitude

Here’s another reason to love your treat-yourself moment at Starbucks: the coffee giant just unveiled an expanded parental leave policy that’s envy-inducing (hold your peppermint latte). Starting March 2025, Starbucks is more than doubling paid parental leave for U.S. store partners working an average of 20 hours a week or more. Birth parents will get

Nicole Kidman almost left her Hollywood career behind after becoming a mom—until her own mother gave her the nudge every mom needs to hear: “Keep going.” During a recent interview with CBS News, Nicole Kidman, 56, shared that after her daughter Sunday Rose’s birth, she felt she was “pretty much done” with acting. “I’d moved

Meghan Trainor has babies on the brain. While backstage at Jingle Ball 2024, the mom of two shared her hopes for expanding her family next year, and she did it with the kind of candid honesty we’ve come to adore. “I would love to make another baby in 2025,” Trainor revealed during the interview, adding

You don’t notice the moment when it happens. One day, people stop checking in as much. They stop asking how you’re feeling, how the baby is doing. They stop offering advice—wanted or not. And it’s not because they don’t care. It’s because they trust you got this. Jessie J, the British singer-songwriter known for hits

If you’ve ever uttered the phrase “I’m just a mom”—while simultaneously crushing a to-do list that rivals a Fortune 500 CEO’s—then Audrey & Nathan’s new viral song will hit you right in the feels. The TikTok songwriting duo, childhood sweethearts turned late-night lyricists, have penned an anthem that’s turning the quiet sacrifices of motherhood into

If you’ve ever been that parent with a crying baby mid-flight, you know the stress. If you’ve ever been that passenger rolling your eyes about said crying baby, maybe it’s time to check your baggage—your emotional baggage, that is. A viral TikTok from Samantha Rae (@samanthachadwickk) is giving us all a masterclass in how to