A substitute teacher has been fired after making racist comments to a student. The girl’s mother, Jameila, tells Fox 4CK, “I got a call from the principal, saying that he needed to tell me that there was a teacher that was removed from the school for using racial derogatory remarks with my daughter.” Jameila says […]
Pitting parents against one another is one of the oldest and most time-honored traditions of adolescence. Nothing screams “childhood!” quite like the indignant phrase “But mom said I could!” Recently, Twitter user @decentbirthday asked their mother for a special request: ordering Chick-Fil-A for dinner. Unfortunately, in the grand tradition of parents everywhere, this mother said, […]
Becoming a parent doesn’t automatically mean that you magically possess all of the necessary knowledge in the universe — it just means you’re supposed to act like you do. And that’s a lot of pressure. In reality, parenting often involves wearing the same shirt multiple days in a row, juggling a ridiculous number of schedules […]
It’s a parent’s responsibility to pass on their own knowledge and wisdom of experience so that we, their offspring, might use that information to become mature, well-rounded members of society. They’re here to answer our toughest questions and provide sage-like guidance. But, parents are also human, which means that, just like the rest of us […]
Hardcore movie fans and people who like really good, idiosyncratic acting that furthers the art form of film have known about Sam Rockwell for a long time. The baby-faced actor is actually 49, and he’s been making a living as a consistently working character actor since the late ‘80s. His first screen role was as […]
Hey guys, what was the hottest trend of 2017, and now 2018 as well? Virulent, public racism, unfortunately! From the Charlottesville march last summer to the Senate candidacy of Roy “Slavery Was Great” Moore to Trump calling most of Africa a “sh*thole,” people just seem to think it’s okay to have extremely racist thoughts and […]
Serena Williams is a lot of things. She’s the greatest tennis player of all time. She’s a model, a Vogue cover model, and a role model. And, as of last September, she’s a mom, giving birth to her first child, a daughter named Alexis Olympia Ohanian. While that’s certainly joyous and wonderful, the birthing process […]
It would be pretty thrilling for most all of us to make the cover of Vogue. Gracing the front of the fashion and lifestyle magazine is nothing short of a declaration and a guarantee to the world that you are beautiful, stylish, and important. But how cool would it be to be on the cover […]
Streaming video technology has been nothing short of revolutionary. No longer do we have to watch a TV show at the exact time and date that a channel chooses to air it, nor do we have to worry about programming a DVR so we can watch it later. (Or, if you’re old enough to remember […]
Eliza Skinner is a comedy writer who has made stuff for The Late Late Show, Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell, and Adam Ruins Everything, among other things, but she’s also a Twitter monster whose simple and succinct observations are extremely relatable. Skinner must be home for the holidays right now, because a lot of […]
Motherhood is hard, even for one of the world’s best athletes. Tennis pro Serena Williams reached out on her Instagram last Sunday pleading with moms everywhere for advice about her teething baby. Williams listed all of the methods she’s tried so far, all to no avail. “Teething- aka the devil – is so hard. Poor Alexis Olympia […]
Moms are some of the most bad*ss people on the face of the earth. They’re tough, resiliant, loving, and anything else you need them to be. Moms do get some amount of recognition but there’s no possible way they’ll ever receive the amount they actually deserve. Some moms are inspiring the masses with brave pictures […]
What’s the worst thing about flying? Okay, everything about flying is the worst thing about flying — the long lines, invasive security checks, flight delays, missed connections, $12 inedible sandwiches, and people who take their shoes off mid-flight and stick their gross feet between the seats and rest them about six inches from your nose […]
Parents are always telling their children not to lie, so parents always tell the truth, right? Wrong! Sometimes parents tell a little white lie to get kids to behave. Sometimes they tell a whopper for other reasons. Here are some of the best lies parents have told. Leafy Green Lies My mother told me that […]
Julia Stiles, star of beloved teen classics of the late ‘90s and early 2000s such as 10 Things I Hate About You and Save the Last Dance (and those Bourne movies) is a new mom. Like really new — she gave birth to a baby boy named Strummer just five weeks ago. Congratulations! She posted […]
Yuka Ogata is a member of the municipal assembly in the Japanese city of Kumamoto. (Congrats!) She’s also the mother of a seven-month-old baby boy. (Congrats, again!) Last week, she brought her little guy to work…which her fellow council members (read: dudes) thought was about the most egregious and offensive thing they’d ever seen. Ogata’s […]
As a man, I’m mostly useless in the pregnancy and birth process. Aside from back rubs, late night runs to the store for ice cream and pickles, and, of course, sharing lists of hilarious jokes that can hopefully make you feel less like you’re alone in this whole thing. Enjoy! […]
As a father of one (soon to be two #humblebrag) I feel it’s my duty to clearly and convincingly make the case that if you’re thinking about having kids of your own, you definitely shouldn’t. Don’t get me wrong, being fruitful and multiplying has its advantages. For example, you can take a standard dependent deduction […]