The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children — more commonly known as WIC — will now provide low-income Americans with more options for culturally specific food, as well as increase funding for some healthy options...
Read MoreA British parenting author has kicked off a major debate after admitting to a contentious ritual: sharing her bed, nightly, with her 6-year-old son — while daddy sleeps in the guest room.
Read MoreDid you know that working moms worry about 29 hours a week...?
Read MoreFrom Blue Ivy and Suri to North and Matilda, these celebrity kiddos have totally inherited their parents' style smarts -- and so can you.
Read MoreWhen Meryl Davis and Charlie White perform their short dance program today in the Winter Olympics, their mothers will be sitting together in the Iceberg Skating Palace.
Read MoreNate and Laura Yoho looked like a model couple — but looks can be deceiving.
“I found out I had a brain tumor, so it’s very, very bad, very serious, I guess you could say,” said Laura Yoho, 30, in an interview a year and a half ago.
The battle over breastfeeding in Missouri has moved into the courtroom after some lawmakers have worked to give nursing mothers a break from serving jury duty.
Read MoreThe Columbia resident works as a certified nursing assistant in addition to her job with a cell phone company. She gave birth to a baby boy Dec. 12. Throughout her pregnancy, she set aside money to support herself, her newborn and her 11-year-old daughter during her time off from work.
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Breastfeeding, although natural and highly encouraged, continues to be cause for shock-and-awe every time the practice enters the public eye. Recently, Time magazine stunned the world with its controversial “Are You Mom Enough” cover featuring a mother breastfeeding her questionably “too old” son.
Read MoreWhen military Lt. Col. Cotina Jenkins-Sellers returned from her tour in Kuwait, she headed straight to her son’s basketball game to surprise him.
Read MoreThe mother of a child with autism shares her positive experience with a stranger on a plane.
Read MoreWhen Bobbi Bockoras returned to work at a Port Allegany, Pa., glass factory in June 2013 after giving birth, she planned to pump breast milk during breaks so she could continue nursing her infant daughter Lyla.
Read MoreDebate over reversing the trend, providing a secure environment for children
Read More“I can’t ignore the feeling I get each year as it gets harder for me to provide them with gifts, games, toys, everything that I would love for them to have for Christmas,” their mother wrote.
Read MoreParents can be tricky to shop for, but this year, we're making it easy. Find tons of guaranteed-to-make-mom-smile gift ideas here. (Then scoop up a cool gift for dad, too!)
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It’s no surprise that Rupert Murdoch and Wendi Deng had a prenup. But a postnup? That’s what some attorneys recommend for spouses who put their career on hold to have kids.
Read MoreJessica Simpson and her family sure are cute!
Read MoreIt's time to drop the slogan. It encourages mothers to stay socially and financially hobbled, it alienates fathers and discourages other significant relationships between children and adults
Read MoreThe afternoon couldn’t be more perfect at Arlington National Cemetery. The sky is blue; the leaves have just begun to change color. Paula Davis sits in a lawn chair by her son’s grave.
Read MoreI just. I can’t even. With all the everything in the news this year about people wearing offensive costumes for Halloween, you’d think I’d reach a point where nothing would surprise me.
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