14-Year-Old Leads Protest on Seventeen
Featured Video - Health, Health, TV MamiIf you don’t like something, change it. This 14-year-old is working to do just that. Julia Bluhm of Waterville, Maine, is petitioning Seventeen magazine to “give girls images of real girls!” Julia has started a petition on change.org,…
Narvaez Family’s Kite Fishing Adventure
Featured Video - Health, Health, TV MamiWe’ve long been fans of the Narvaez family, following the adventures of single dad Jorge and his two adorable daughters, Alexa and Eliana on their YouTube Channel Reality Changers. In this recent video, Jorge takes the girls on a family outing…
6-Year-Old Autistic Piano Prodigy
Featured Video - Health, Health, TV MamiSix-year-old Ethan W. plays songs he learns by ear. This rousing rendition of Piano Man by Billy Joel even earned him kudos from the Piano Man himself on Twitter. His enthusiastic performance already earned him and his family an appearance on…
5 Mother’s Day Gifts That She’ll Really Love
Empowerment, Health
Mother’s Day is coming up! Maybe you’re the mom in question, or you want to plan the perfect day for your own mother—or a combination of both. In addition to finding the right gift, make this day a truly special one, with an emphasis…
Similarities in French and Latino Parenting?
Empowerment, Health
IF FRENCH IS THE LANGUAGE OF LOVE, WHAT’S THE LANGUAGE OF PARENTING?
I must confess that I’ve always been a bit of a Francophile. First of all, there’s the food. Pain au chocolat? Don’t mind if I do! Then there’s French cinema;…
How Much Water Do You Need To Drink?
Health, Medical News
Myth: You must drink at least 8 glasses of water a day
Bust: Somewhere around 1945 a government health agency said that the human body needed around eight glasses of fluid a day. This statement included getting fluids from other sources…
Teacher Bullies 10-year-old Student with Autism
Featured Video - Health, Health, TV MamiThis father took the extreme measure of wiring his 10-year-old son, Aiken Chaifetz, who has autism, after getting notes from school about how his boy was having violent outbursts and hitting his teacher and aide. Knowing his son as a non-violent,…
Divorced Brides: Wedding Pictures Become Works of Art
Empowerment, Health
When artist Mercedes Gertz got divorced 11 years ago, she quietly put her wedding pictures away in a drawer and slumped into a depression. Getting divorced was so painful, it was almost embarrassing to see the picture of herself at 25, a smiling,…
The Fertility Clock is Real!
Family Health, Health
When I met my husband in 2009, he was recently divorced—no kids, I was a single mother to a five-year old. After three years of courtship our relationship progressed, and we eventually got married and decided we wanted to have a baby of…