LJ Herman is a former editor at Love What Matters and lives in Colorado. LJ is a concert, ticket and technology enthusiast. He has seen the Dave Mathews Band over one hundred times and counting.
7 Ways To Support Your Teen Battling Mental Illness
If they could tell you how to help them, this is what they would say.
Kindergarten Students With These 2 Skills Are Twice As Likely To Obtain A College Degree
They have nothing to do with reading or writing.
‘He was born without an esophagus, and couldn’t eat. To be honest, we were scared of hurting him.’ Couple’s adoption of 2-year-old with special needs they ‘never doubted’ was ‘their son’
“I forwarded his profile to my husband. Maybe he’d give a firm ‘no’ and we could move on with our lives. But that night at dinner, he DIDN’T give a firm no. In fact, neither of us could come up with a reason why we SHOULDN’T. We didn’t have any medical records. We were scared. But I couldn’t get this little boy off my mind.”
Please Stop Judging Working Moms For Needing Accommodations
“You know the new mom at work? (Insert eye roll.) The one that is leaving early because day care has called… again. The mom that only talks about her kids in the lunch room. That mom who is forever taking days off. And the one that has a shorter working week and gets an extra day off? Don’t judge.”
As A Dad, I’ve Never Known Exhaustion In The Same Way A Mom Does
“I came home to a gourmet cooked meal, clean house, and somehow a load of washing had been done, folded, and put away! Like my wife somehow has 4 extra hours in the day the rest of us mere mortals don’t get.”
Parents Who Refuse To Do These 13 Things Have Mentally Strong Kids
“Give up the bad habits that rob kids of mental strength.”
He Gave Me A House Before A Ring, And That’s OK
“I’ve been told: ‘Y’all are too young for that.’ ‘Y’all are rushing things.’ ‘That’s not the Christian way of doing things.’ ‘If you move in with a guy before he proposes, he will get comfortable and never pop the question.'”
My Daughter Was Suffocated To Death By A Teddy Bear—This Is My Story
“All I think about now is what if I just left it empty? She would still be here maybe with just a small bump on her head.”
‘3 dads, 2 kids.’: How these epic ‘bonus parents’ make co-parenting work because they ‘owe it to their children’
“Slowly, the hurt went away, the appreciation grew, and somewhere in all of that, friendships developed.”
10 Reasons Why Today’s Teenagers Are So Anxious
“Although kids give the impression that they’d like to be in charge, deep down they know they aren’t capable of making good decisions. They want their parents to be leaders.”