Mom Sees What Grandma Gives One-Year-Old Son, Sparks Emotional Realization
A first-time mom had an emotional realization as she headed home from visiting her grandma with her one-year-old son. Jasmin Cooke became a mom at the age of 35 after several years of trying to get pregnant. It was during this period that she and her husband took to the open road, documenting their travels […]
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Mom Stuck on Homework—Not Ready for How Daughter ‘Exposes’ Her to Teacher
When her 7-year-old daughter asked her for help with her homework, Alyssa Dawson, 36, from Arizona, wasn’t expecting the assignment to come back to haunt her. The homework prompt had asked students to “draw a shape with 6 corners and 6 sides” and “then draw lines in your shape to show 2 squares and 4 […]
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Mom Notices Baby Has Birthmarks on Back, Then Comes Heartbreaking Diagnosis
What began as concern over birthmarks on her newborn’s back unfolded into a journey of unexpected medical challenges for one mother online. In a TikTok video, mother Mackenzie Dodd summed up the whiplash of noticing something minor about her newborn baby, only to discover a shocking diagnosis. Dodd, 31, told Newsweek about her daughter’s medical […]
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Baby Won’t Stop Crying, Then Mom Discovers One Thing Stops Him ‘Instantly’
A mom was struggling to get her teething baby to sleep, until she hit upon an unusual sound that “instantly” quietened him down. Hannah Plunkett, from Kentucky, had been having a tricky time with her young son Oliver. “He’s approaching 6 months which means the teething is approaching as well,” Plunkett told Newsweek. “Soothing him […]
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Mom Checks Baby Cam During Toddler’s Nap—Can’t Cope With What She’s Doing
A mom from Spain couldn’t believe what she caught her toddler doing during her nap time. Loesje Brouns, based in Móstoles, Madrid, shared baby-cam footage to her TikTok, @lu.brouns, where she expected to see her sleeping. But, instead, 11-month-old Bella had different ideas; she is wide awake and waving directly at the camera. Still images […]
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Mom Stabbed 3 Kids She Believed Were ‘Possessed by the Devil’—Prosecutors
A Chicago woman is facing first-degree murder and other charges after she allegedly fatally stabbed her 4-year-old son and wounded her two other children on Friday. At a court appearance on Sunday, prosecutors said that 45-year-old Wendy Tolbert told officials she believed her children were “possessed by the devil,” which prompted the violence. The Chicago […]
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Mom Tries To Kill Venomous Spider at Home—Then Comes the Real Nightmare
A woman tried to kill a spider in her home, only for it to hold a “grudge” and bite her, leading to massive swelling. Kayla Henderson, 26, is a content creator and mom-of-two living in Georgia, which is also home to venomous animals, including snakes and spiders. And when she recently found a brown recluse […]
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Woman ‘Happy’ at Husband’s Response After His Mom Questions Baby’s Name
A New Hampshire woman has recalled how her mother-in-law questioned the idea her newborn daughter could be given her maiden name—and her husband’s response. Most women in opposite-sex marriages take their spouse’s name when they get married. A 2023 Pew Research Center survey found 79 percent of respondents followed this time-honored tradition, while 14 percent […]
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Mom Finds ‘Dream’ 5-Bedroom House for Sale, but There’s Just One Catch
A family has found their forever home in the form of a former funeral home, with its embalming room and casket showroom still intact. Ashley Berken, 39, lives in Wisconsin with her wife, Beth, and their four children, and were on the hunt for a house big enough for their family as well as two […]
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Mom Told Her Son May Never See—Then Captures the Moment Everything Changed
After months of being told her son would never be able to see, a mom captured the exact moment when everything changed, and she realized what a “miracle” her son is. Mom Stacey Venter noticed that something didn’t seem right with her son’s vision at around 8 weeks old. She told Newsweek that he “wasn’t […]
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