Making balanced and delicious lunches for kids can be a challenge. There’s nothing worse than spending time and energy packing a lunch for your little one, only for them to come home and have almost everything left in their lunchbox. Putting together creative lunches that kids will actually enjoy is essential, which is why we suggest getting kids involved in the process. Ask them what they want to eat, bring them grocery shopping with you, have them help pack their own lunches, and keep meals balanced with Libby’s Vegetable Cups!...

Madalina Cojocari has been missing since November 2022. The 11-year-old’s mother, Diana Cojocari, 37, and her husband, Christopher Palmiter, 60, didn’t report the child missing until 22 days after her disappearance. The parents were arrested in December for failure to report but claimed they did not know where the child was . Her grandmother, Rodica Cojocari, claims she knows what happened to Madalina. Rodica Cojocari told WCNC her granddaughter was sold to human traffickers for $5 million....

Six months after the health scare that forced Madonna to postpone her tour, she’s finally back on the road again, and now, she’s sharing more details about what happened to her over the summer. While on stage at a Brooklyn, New York, concert this week, Madonna revealed she had been in an “induced coma” for 48 hours while battling a bacterial infection, along with other details about what must have been a truly terrifying experience for her and her loved ones....

Anyone who has been pregnant knows that it takes a toll on your body . Things are growing and stretching, your organs are literally shifting, and then you have a fetus moving around inside you. With all of that going on, it’s natural that your energy levels aren’t quite the same and you can’t do everything you did before you got pregnant . One man posted on Reddit explaining that he believed his wife was using her pregnancy as “an excuse” to do less than her usual load of household chores....

A family in Utah is in mourning after a missing young woman was found dead. Nicole Bennett went hiking, allegedly on a trail she’d used before, but despite her being in seemingly familiar territory, she never made it home . Her family reported her missing, beginning a search for her in an area famously difficult to traverse. They discovered her car, but still, the young woman couldn’t be found. Once she was reported missing , the search began immediately, only stopping due to difficult conditions....

Now that the body of missing pregnant woman Rebecca Park has been found , more details are emerging about what led to her death. Park went missing on November 3, 2025, after a dark vehicle pulled up to her mother’s house. She got into the vehicle, and no one saw her alive again. At the time of her disappearance, the 22-year-old was 38 weeks pregnant and was already one centimeter dilated....

Halloween is supposed to be a time of fun. Kids go trick-or-treating and hang out with their friends. And some adults have fun of their own, dressing up and throwing house parties . What started out as a fun Halloween night ended in handcuffs for Florida mom Audrey Mahaney. During a Halloween party at her home, teens were allegedly able to get alcohol and began getting rowdy. Apparently this wasn’t the first time something like this has happened, so when things got too out of control, her neighbors called police....

A Missouri mother found herself in jail just before Christmas after allegedly abusing her sons. Maryland Heights police arrested Lisa Layton on December 17, 2025, after a 12-year-old was found with bruises on his body that he claimed his mother put there with a rubber spatula. An 11-year-old boy also talked to the police and made similar allegations against his mother. When authorities spoke to Layton, she apparently didn’t deny the allegations, and some people thought the police went too far arresting her....

A Massachusetts family is grief-stricken after a second tragedy took another one of their loved ones in less than two months. Stephanie Croteau died in a single-car crash just after midnight on October 6. Sadly, she lost her 10-year-old daughter, Aubrianna Lynn Serra, and mother, Kim Fairbanks, after a crazed neighbor, Victor Nieves , opened fire on their home and shot himself . Croteau leaves behind two children: a 12-year-old daughter, Michelle, who was also injured in the gun attack, and a 5-year-old son, CJ, who was not hurt....

When it comes to kicking back on the weekend, Halle Berry might just be the expert — and she’s not afraid to show us all how it’s done. Over the weekend, she shared a photo of herself drinking wine while naked and standing out on her balcony, and people have a lot of opinions about this. Halle shared the gorgeous photo on Instagram. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Halle Berry (@halleberry)...

A Texas mom was sentenced to 50 years in prison after abandoning her three children in an apartment with the remains of their brother, who had been murdered. The children were left with the body for about a year before the crime was reported to police. The mom pleaded guilty to being complicit in the boy’s murder and lack of care for her remaining children. It is unclear what has happened to her other children, especially now that she will remain in prison for decades....

So many of us have stories about having a boyfriend or girlfriend in elementary school. Even now, many parents have heard about the person their elementary school aged kids are “dating.” It’s adorable and harmless, so most parents don’t say or do much about it. One mom on TikTok had a hilarious story about her first grader and the boy who stole her heart. And possibly stole a family heirloom ....

One Florida family was in for the fright of their life this Halloween. Their toddler was unexpectedly trapped in their Tesla for nearly two hours. The day may have been for ghosts and ghouls, but the tiny Tinkerbell and her parents did nothing but think happy thoughts until she was free. Eventually, Tampa Bay police were able to free the toddler . Now, her mom is sharing their story to highlight the defect in her car and to warn other parents that this kind of thing could happen to anyone....

Laboring for hours on end can be truly exhausting — along with the first nights with a newborn that follow. But as long as your partner is there cheering you on and stepping in to help, it should all be OK, right? The truth is, even the most well-meaning husbands may need to catch some shut-eye as the hours tick by after labor. Still, that doesn’t mean the sight of them snoozing away on the couch while you’re wide awake and in pain won’t annoy you....

When the COVID-19 pandemic began in 2020, I was a stay-at-home mom with a writing gig here and there. It wasn’t a significant income, but it helped with expenses for our family of six. My husband worked full time and had a side hustle he’d been fostering for the better part of a decade. Although he dreamed of pulling the plug on his 9-to-5 job and going out on his own, many unknowns scared us....

Life is really expensive right now. There is no denying that many families are feeling the effects of inflation at the gas pump, the grocery store, and even with things like streaming services. It seems nothing is immune to an increase in price. Yet, for a lot of people, salaries aren’t rising at the same rate as the cost of living, and budgets are tight. During the holidays, money is even tighter for families who need to provide the necessities for their families but also want to do extra things for their kids....

Justin Hicks and Amber Hicks moved into their new home on Verbena Drive in Acworth, Georgia, in the fall of 2021. They couldn’t wait to build a life with their 2-year-old son, Jacob. Tragically, that dream lasted only two months. Matthew Scott Lanz broke into the family’s home on November 19, 2021, and mercilessly executed the couple. A court recently sentenced 26-year-old Lanz to life in prison without parole, but not before the prosecution shared gruesome details of his crimes....

In CafeMom’s monthly series, Work It, Mama, powerful moms detail how they navigate their professions and home life. There’s a certain aura about Dr. Chelsea Jackson Roberts that took a hold of me from the first Peloton yoga class I took with her more than a year ago. Her soothing, joyful voice, genuine smile, and message of self-acceptance and self-love, are like a salve to the soul. It might sound a bit cliché to say that about a yoga instructor, but Chelsea is actually different....

Nick Carter ’s legal troubles involving sexual assault allegations made against him are far from over — and now, there’s been a new update to the case. This week, Nick filed legal documents requesting a summary judgement and a hearing from the court. Though Nick has maintained his innocence from the beginning, now he’s going so far as to claim it would be “factually impossible” for things to have happened the way his accuser said they did....

You know who carries the baby bag? Not baby. You! And your baby bag should reflect the style you spent years developing, not someone else’s idea of what baby needs. Maybe you already have a diaper bag. But do you have a mama bag? A bag that carries all your stuff and baby’s stuff, but also looks good on you and doesn’t hurt to carry? Is it possible to have enough of those?...