Call it the power of social media—or just maybe the power of Cupid—but Justin Bieber recently made a young fan’s dream come true with an early Valentine’s Day gift of a lifetime, reports MSNBC.
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When I was growing up, my parents had a busy social life that involved having conversation and coffee several times a week with friends, while we kids played on our own. We were welcome to pop in to say hi, but it was understood they were having adult time. Fast-forward 30 years, when I am a mom to two small children myself, and I don’t think I have ever had an uninterrupted conversation in the presence of my children.
The viral video of “Sh*t Girls Say” has become a huge hit and has inspired viewers to create their own. Looks like a lot parents out there wanted to share what their “says” are. Which parent do you sound like most?
Sh*t Urban Moms Say:
Sh*t Moms Say:
Sh*t New Moms Say:
After more than two years with us, since Preston was three months old, our nanny quit on Saturday night—wait for it—over a text message. She sent my husband a text at 7:30 p.m. saying, simply, “Hi, Jay, just wanted to tell you I got a new job.” A new job? Huh!? We didn’t even know she was looking…totally blind-sided by this. After leaving my job at Playboy last month we had to reduce her hours a little and she said she was fine with it, and seemed very understanding.
Happy Valentine’s Day! We, along with our partner Huffington Post Parents, asked moms and dads to get their kids to tell them what love means to them and film it. The result is this cuteness—think of it as our valentine to you!
Results published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences found that babies as early as six months old can understand and differentiate between generic words that refer to categories. Researchers tested 33 babies by tracking their eye movements while being shown images of two objects. A parent would ask about one of the objects, and the results showed that the babies were more likely to fix their gaze on the correct picture.
Remember the “Human Barbie” mom Sarah Burge, who gave her 7-year-old daughter a certificate for a boob job for her birthday? For Christmas, what could top that—except a $11,000 voucher for liposuction?
Plus: Top 10 Parenting Fails of 2011
I was the executive editor at Honey when I got the call from a colleague: Parenting magazine was looking for an editor and if I was interested in the position, he’d put in a word for me. I enjoyed editing profiles and fashion stories about Mary J. Blige, Nia Long and Beyonce at Honey, a now-defunct entertainment magazine for young women of color, but I was also a young mom of two little girlpies, and the idea of working at a magazine that celebrated babies and mothers—and respected working moms by letting them actually see their kids at night—was intriguing.
One of the best ways to get a gauge on the buzziest topics of the year is to see what people searched for online. Who had the most popular baby bump in 2011 according to search engines?
Plus: Weirdest Celebrity Baby Names
Thanks to the flashy and unexpected debut of her belly at the MTV Video Music Awards, Beyonce topped the list of most-searched-for pregnant celebs, according to Yahoo!. Here’s the rest of the list:
It’s time for my yearly parenting resolution. Of course there are fifty things I could and should make resolutions about but I try to stick to one per year in order to keep myself from feeling like a complete and utter failure. I have resolution ADD and can barely keep my brain focused on one goal, let alone fifty.
This year, as a mom, I’ve decided to focus on food.
