Giggle Will Laugh Its Way to Your Local JC Penney Next Year


Updated Oct 4 2012 - 11:05am · Posted by · 0 comments

Giggle to Launch giggleBABY Stores in JC Penney

Fans of Giggle who don't live in one of the 11 cities that house the high-end baby emporium's 13 stores won't only have to shop online beginning next Fall. Giggle just announced a new partnership with JC Penney that will place giggleBABY shops in 537 Penney locations throughout the country. giggleBABY will feature exclusive Giggle-branded merchandise, all at a fraction of the price products are Read more

Do Men Want to "Reclaim" Their Breastfeeding Wives? A Bottle Company Says So!


Updated Jul 23 2012 - 7:45am · Posted by · 0 comments

BittyLabs Offensive Tweets to Breastfeeding Moms

Oops, someone's done it again! This time it's not a store or a restaurant offending breastfeeding mamas, but a new baby bottle company that has moms and dads manning their battleships. This weekend BittyLab, maker of the soon-to-be released BARE bottle, launched a social media campaign insinuating that men feel pushed aside and sexually deprived when the mother of their child is breastfeeding. Read more

10 Phrases That Make French a Language Worth Preserving


Updated Jul 13 2012 - 12:56pm · Posted by TresSugar · 53 comments

French Words With No English Translation

I don't like hearing about any languages disappearing, but the idea of French's demise seems intolerable. Fortunately, it is also probably impossible, at least in the near future, but French is a language in decline. Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie (OIF) is an organization dedicated to promoting democracy, peace, and human rights in the 70 French-speaking countries, and also to Read more

Remember to Take Your Kids Out of the Car, Check Your Facts!


Updated Jul 23 2012 - 2:25pm · Posted by · 5 comments

Children Left in Cars Can Die

No parent thinks they would forget their child, but they do. Parents, grandparents, and caregivers get tired, preoccupied with work or the errands they are running, or confused by their childcare schedules, and leave kids in the car. Due to the extreme heat, many tots die. So far this year, seven kids have died – in the past 14 years, 534 kids have died after being left in hot cars. While Read more

What Larry Ellison Can Do With His Own Hawaiian Island


Updated Jun 22 2012 - 5:55pm · Posted by · 0 comments

What Larry Ellison Can Do With Hawaiian Island Lanai

This week, Oracle founder and billionaire Larry Ellison ($36 billion is his estimated worth) bought the Hawaiian island of Lanai, an island we didn't even know was for sale. Then again, with an estimated selling price of around $600 million, it's not really in our real estate market. The 141-square-mile island is one of Hawaii's least-developed islands — with nary a streetlight, a population Read more

Should Mothers Be Prosecuted For Exposing Their Unborn Babies to Drugs?


Updated Apr 26 2012 - 9:05am · Posted by · 0 comments

Prosecution of Mothers Who Use Drugs

Could a glass of wine during pregnancy land you behind bars? It might if you live in Alabama. In this upcoming weekend's New York Times Magazine, Ada Calhoun delves into Alabama's controversial chemical-endangerment laws where mothers who give birth to babies with even a trace of drugs in their bloodstreams are not only ordered into rehab but are criminally prosecuted for putting their newborns Read more

11 Eco-Friendly Cars We Love


Updated Apr 5 2012 - 1:06pm · Posted by · 1 comment

Electric and Hybrid Vehicles

Spring is in the air, so let's keep that air smelling fresh, shall we? If you aren't able to use public transportation for your daily commute, and biking is out of the question, these electric, hybrid, and small cars are able to step in when all other earth-friendly options are exhausted. We love them all for various reasons, but mostly it's because they make us feel like we're giving mother Read more

Is Six Months of Breastfeeding Unrealisitic?


Updated Mar 21 2012 - 6:33pm · Posted by · 9 comments

Breastfeeding Goals For New Moms

Breast is best, but is it realistic? The World Health Organization recommends six months of exclusive breastfeeding to ensure a healthy start for newborns and infants. And while some mamas treat that 6-month mark as a goal, a new study suggests it is simply unattainable for many. According to the small Scottish study — which included 220 face-to-face interviews — nursing is harder than most Read more

Tot Gets Tat: Mom Gets Jailtime?


Updated Jan 26 2012 - 7:16pm · Posted by · 3 comments

10 Year Old Gets Tattoo

Tats on tots? Tattoos are a divisive aesthetic on adults; the thought of a child actually getting their sweet lil skin permanently inked is a pretty unpleasant idea, to say the least. Yet that's exactly what 10-year-old Gaquan Napier did with the full support of his mother Chuntera. According to the law in Georgia, where the family lives, it's illegal for anyone under the age of 18 to get Read more

Hold It! That's What One Teacher Is Telling Students


Updated Jan 21 2012 - 11:29am · Posted by · 2 comments

NYC Teacher Limits Students' Bathroom Time

How long can your child hold it? If she's in Stephanie Warner's class at a Brooklyn elementary school, let's hope she can hold it for a while! The fifth-grade teacher has enacted a new policy to keep kids sitting at their desks and out of the bathroom. At the start of each week, the teacher hands out three bathroom passes to each student in the class. The kids then have three windows throughout Read more