Jeffrey has cerebral palsy, a condition that involves impaired muscle coordination. While playing with a group of family friends at Thunder Island, a water park in New York, he began to tense up and had difficulty walking. Read More
Formerly Bullied Boy’s T-Shirt Request For First Day of School Will Melt Your Heart
While other kids are trying to soak up the last few bits of summer break, picking out new school supplies and freshening up their haircuts, Blake had only one request of his mom, Nikki. He wanted his classmates to know that, even if they felt alone, they had a friend waiting in him. Read More
Interview with Lori Orlinsky, Author of Being Small (Isn’t So Bad After All)
Hi Mom’s Choice readers! Today we have a special blog interview to share with you from one of our very own Mom’s Choice Award-winning Authors. Lori Orlinsky wrote her book Being Small (Isn’t So Bad After All) to encourage her short-in-stature daughter to be the best she could be. Read More
It’s Okay To Not Give Your Kids The Summer Of Your Childhood
This way of living doesn’t come naturally for my kids. I have no earthly idea how or why: my husband and I were made for the slow, spontaneous pace of summer! But within the first day, they were both asking me for snacks every 15 minutes, fighting with one another incessantly, and nearly hanging on my legs complaining that they were soooooo bored. Read More
Viral Video of Dad Having Lively Discussion with His Baby Is the Cutest Thing You’ll See All Day
The two sit next to each other on the couch, and each time Kingston gestures towards the TV and shares his thoughts, his dad shakes his head and agrees, saying things like, “Really? I thought the same thing!” Read More
Dad Gives Out Free Dad Hugs to Those Who Need Them at Pittsburgh Pride Parade
Dittman, along with some other parents, attended the annual Pride Parade in Pittsburgh wearing a shirt that read “Free Dad Hugs”. And wouldn’t you know it, he made good on his promise, hugging dozens and dozens of attendees who were in need of some unconditional paternal love. Read More
Husband Pens Adoring Note After Filling Mom’s Shoes For 48 Hours
Mom blogger Laura Mazza was hit hard with some type of nasty virus that left her unable to do what she normally does, which is running the household. Her husband was left to hold it all together, and let’s just say their three children were unrelenting! In the chaos, he wrote her a love note of sorts. Read More
World’s Smallest Baby Defies All Odds and Finally Leaves the Hospital
Told by doctors that she had to have an emergency c-section to give her baby any chance at life, she went under the knife, and out came baby Saybie, an entire three months before her due date. Saybie was so young and so tiny that she actually qualified as a ‘micro-preemie’. Read More
Comedian’s Video Professing Love For His Dad Bod Will Make You Smile
While it’s tempting to make excuses for our lack of ‘summer body’, or wear a t-shirt over our swimsuits, or sit in the shade, Kev has the right idea. The beach is going to get whatever body he gives it. Read More
Boy Won’t Give Up on Breaking Board in Class and Teaches Us All About Resilience
Claudia Swonger posted a video of her son, Phoenix, in front of his whole martial arts class at Bobby Dixon’s American Martial Arts Academy in Orlando, Florida. In front of Phoenix is his sensei, Erik, who is sitting on the ground holding out a board for him to break with his heel. It’s all part of Phoenix’s quest to get his yellow belt. Read More