Having a drink to relax at the end of the night is a pretty normal thing some moms do, but there’s a big difference between having a drink and getting drunk. Being drunk and taking care of your children at the same time is incredibly dangerous and irresponsible . Just ask Oklahoma mom Brennan Spencer. She made the choice to care for her newborn twins after a night of extreme drinking ....
A 9-year-old boy was killed after the car his mother was driving was involved in a head-on collision on New York’s Long Island. At the time, his mother was allegedly under the influence , and her impairment led to her driving in the wrong direction, which caused the crash. Before the crash, the mom evaded the police who attempted to pull her over. After the crash, which involved three other cars , the mother was given a field sobriety test, which led to her being charged with multiple counts, including DWI....
Disciplining your kid is necessary, but the ways in which we choose to discipline them really do matter. Although old sayings such as “Spare the rod, spoil the child” were quoted by many generations, the truth is that physical violence is still pretty prevalent today. Roughly 17% of children in America are physically abused , and 77% of the time it is a parent committing that abuse, according to the National Children’s Alliance....
When Krystena Murray gave birth to the baby boy she had been pregnant with, she immediately realized he could not be hers. Murray, a 38-year-old single woman from Savannah, Georgia, had enlisted the help of Coastal Fertility Specialists to get pregnant. The company was supposed fertilize her egg with a donor’s sperm and then implant the embryo . She chose a sperm donor who was similar to her in appearance: dirty blond hair, blue eyes, and white....
A New York City mother is living every parent’s worst nightmare for the second time. Kellie Lewis lost a son to gun violence in 2021, and recently lost another boy to the same crime on June 24, 2025. Her son, 17-year-old Darrell Harris, reportedly went to a park with friends for a water gun fight . But at some point, someone pulled out a real firearm, and Darrell wound up dead....
The family of a young mom in New Zealand is pushing to educate people after she died from asphyxiation after inhaling helium. The woman was setting up for her daughter’s birthday party when others urged her to suck the gas directly from the canister instead of from a balloon. They had no idea it was a deadly decision. Now, her family is fighting for clearer labels on canisters. They believe that if she had been more adequately warned of the danger of inhaling helium directly, she’d still be alive today....
A Florida family experienced a parent’s worst nightmare when their children were all killed in a car accident . Sabrina Hernandez and Mickey Hernandez Morcilio’s three children, Mylie Cruz, 11, Marvin Cruz, 9, and Anayari Hernandez, 1, as well as Sabrina Hernandez’s mother, Trinidad Hernandez, 50, died Sunday in Poinciana when a teenage driver allegedly ran a stop sign and hit their car. The driver was reportedly only 15 years old....
When a pregnant woman is fully dilated and ready to push, babies wait for no one . The tricky part of labor and delivery, sometimes even for seasoned professionals, is determining whether an expecting mom is in active labor. Even so, a woman can get to 10 centimeters in a matter of minutes . Michigan mom Alyse Sparkman learned this firsthand. She went from her water breaking to holding her newborn in two minutes flat....
When you lose your child, it is natural to want to keep a piece of them with you forever. Maybe it’s an article of clothing, or something they really loved. Stacy Stevens, whose daughter Mary, died in the flood at Camp Mystic in Texas , is hoping she will be able to get back a piece of the girl. Mary had a beloved stuffed monkey that she had taken with her to camp....
Traveling with your kids is such a stressful experience, especially when you’re traveling by plane. Navigating the airport, keeping track of your luggage, keeping track of your kids , and making sure you get to the gate on time to catch your flight can make anyone’s blood pressure spike. One mom’s family trip became a travel nightmare when she realized that a stranger was following her family through the airport....
A Michigan mom says her son’s school humiliated him by making him clean up another student’s urine . Kaitlynn McCarthy’s 9-year-old son, Reese, attends Ebeling Elementary School in Macomb, a school she believed she could trust . But now McCarthy feels like her son’s school betrayed their family. She first took her story to social media, where it quickly caught the attention of her community. McCarthy wrote on Facebook on March 5, 2025, that her son’s principal allegedly forced him to clean up another student’s urine per school policy, which upset him....
A fire at a home in Orange County, Florida, killed a 9-month-old baby and left the baby’s mom and sister both injured . After a thorough investigation, the mom has been charged with first-degree murder and attempted first-degree murder, according to the Orange County Sheriff’s Office. The fire that led to a 9-month-old baby’s death occurred at about 6:30 p.m. on August 26. The mom, 26, was at home with her two children at the time, reported the Miami Herald ....
A mom on TikTok is going viral after taking matters into her own hands and confronting her daughter’s bully . The New Zealand based mom demanded answers directly from the girls who are allegedly cyberbullying her daughter. Despite teachers trying to stop the mom, she stands her ground, making it clear that she isn’t going to let the behavior slide. While some may not agree with her approach, it’s clear she made an impact....
As measles cases pop up across the country this winter — including several in California — one group of children is stirring deep concerns among pediatricians: the babies and toddlers of vaccine-hesitant parents who are delaying their child’s measles-mumps-rubella shots. Pediatricians across the state say they have seen a sharp increase recently in the number of parents with concerns about routine childhood vaccinations who are demanding their own inoculation schedules for their babies, creating a worrisome pool of very young children who may be at risk of contracting measles, a potentially deadly yet preventable disease....
What to Know Fans who follow former Dance Moms coach Abby Lee Miller on social media know that this lady loves to use a filter on her photos from time to time, but that was news to one celebrity she met while visiting New York City this week. After she shared an Instagram post of herself posing with the stars of Art on Broadway , fans couldn’t help but notice that Neil Patrick Harris has, unfortunately, fallen victim to her photo airbrushing … and now, the actor has some serious questions about it....
The people have spoken, and it appears, at least this time, Netflix is listening. The streaming giant is reportedly poised to pull Nick and Vanessa Lachey away from their Love is Blind hosting duties after intense fan backlash to their performance on the reunion special. It seems their replacements may already be waiting in the wings, too. An insider spilled the beans to the Daily Mail. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Vanessa Lachey (@vanessalachey)...
When you have a new baby — before you even leave the hospital — you get all types of warnings about how to keep your new bundle of joy safe in your home environment. But something I hadn’t thought about was how dangerous something like a cup of tea or coffee could be for a little one. The nurses gave me some literature about the number of babies who are burned by their parents’ morning beverage ....
What to Know When it comes to medical professionals, you expect that they will not allow politics, personal differences, and prejudices to get in the way of proper care. So when a nurse by the name of Malinda Cook shared videos on TikTok about injecting ICE agents with saline and paralytic drugs, she was quickly fired from her job at Virginia Commonwealth University Health. Although Malinda’s videos are no longer on TikTok , you’d better believe people took screen recordings before the stuff hit the fan with this one....
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Pamela Anderson has been a Hollywood icon for so long that it’s hard to believe she had never been to the Met Gala until this year, but she certainly made her debut an unforgettable one . Though Pam has famously gone makeup-free for the past several years, she made an exception for the event, keeping it a more natural look (and one that happened to be totally on theme, too)....
