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How do expecting parents prepare for parenthood?
The average parent will spend more than three weeks of time preparing the nursery for their child before they’re born.
Yes, I'm on my phone ignoring my kids at the park
It’s 10am on a Tuesday morning, and I’m with my kids at the park.
Keep your kids cool with this clip-on stroller fan that's 30% off at Walmart
The ultimate hack to keeping your baby cool.
Hiring a 'theme park nanny' is the new Disney essential for stressed parents: 'A magical experience'
Meet the happiest nannies on earth.
Nurse praised for how she handled someone's unruly child on flight: ‘Absolutely in the right’
Shayla Monnier and her husband were in the last hour of a flight from Atlanta to Denver when the girl in front of them started blowing raspberries -- sending spit...
The nanny left our 9-month-old with her boyfriend -- is she pushing her luck?
A woman reveals how her live-in babysitter left her 9-month-old baby alone with the babysitter's boyfriend -- without clearing it with the mother.
Dear Abby: I want to throw away my daughter's gifts, is that wrong?
Dear Abby gives advice to a mother who doesn't know how to tell her mother-in-law to stop sending her daughter home with craft projects, since she won't use it after...
Frugal mom breaks down hidden daily costs that adds up to thousands
A recent post in the Moms on a Budget Facebook group has sparked a heated discussion about everyday spending habits.
Dear Abby: I want to have sex with my doorman but we're both married
Dear Abby advises a grandparent unsure what to do about a spoiled child and a woman who is in love with their doorman.
Former paramedic reveals the child's bruise no parent should ever ignore
Bruising, cuts and scrapes all form part of a normal kids’ life, and if you have active little ones who love to run, jump or climb, you will have seen plenty of...
Mom reveals 'magic' cleaning hack for stained clothing: 'How do I not know this?'
"Am I seriously just finding this out after I've had 4 kids & thrown out so many clothes over the years," sighed one mom.
Dad slammed after refusing to take daughter to birthday party: 'Been to plenty already'
In any parenting couple, sometimes tasks are based on people’s strengths, and sometimes they’re based on the other person’s downright refusal to do it.
'Entitled' people are 'claiming' baby names before they're even expecting — and parents-to-be are pissed: 'It's really weird'
"These women are not pregnant, they may never have a son, and yet they're telling us what we can and can't name our child," an unnamed future dad complained.
Pediatric nurse issues urgent warning about popular children's snack
A pediatric nurse has issued a warning about the safety of a popular children’s meal as temperatures across the nation plummet.
Posh parents are spending thousands to have someone else get their kids summer camp ready
“If you have disposable income and you don’t want to touch it, you’re sending it out,” the owner of one service said. "A lot of my clients won’t even let...
Teen on vacation ditches 'pissed' parents on Caribbean island to make cruise on time
A recent high school graduate ditched his tardy parents on a Caribbean island so he could make it back to their cruise ship before it departed.
'What's in my (hospital) bag'—the full checklist, according to a new mom who packed right
Like 'What's in my bag?', but for delivering a baby.
'Literally stop' Dad goes viral for his five hilarious 'rules' for parenting teens
Parenting teenagers is really in a class all on its own, and it appears Chip Leighton, a comedian and dad has really hit a nerve by sharing his rules for what not...
How to develop a family social media plan in the wake of landmark NY measure
"I think it's important to start talking about social media as early as kids are interested in understanding it," Dr. Shannon Bennett told The Post.
Dear Abby: How do I tell my loved ones that I'm dying?
Dear Abby advises someone who was recently diagnosed with cancer, a wife whose husband is betraying her, and a retiree who wants to leave the city.