Seconded!

I get what you're saying, although maybe I'd change it to "until you have firsthand experience with children," or something. But the bottom line is that having a personal connection to something makes it personally upsetting.

This is where I am right now. My mind goes back and forth between the fear and confusion of the son as he plummeted to his death (who is the same age as my daughter), and the anguish of the mother when she was told what had unfolded. And now I think I'm going to sleep in my daughter's room tonight and try not to cry.

I totally get what you meant. Before I had my kids, I would've read this and felt an awful sick feeling at the thought of that poor kid plummeting off that building, thrown by someone he trusted more than almost anyone else. I would've been sad, sickened, and traumatized. After having my son and daughter, I read this…

VAB, I am sorry you are getting in the neck for making what reallyis an empathetic comment. Of course people can feel sick and horrified by what has happened and one doesn't need to be a parent to get it. For me personally ,the love I feel for my baby took me completely and utterly by surprise. I knew I would love…

I do not get this pile on. Ive no kids and hate holier then thous but its pretty obvious having kids would add an extra element, its stretch to see that as saying we're incapable of any empathy or understanding. Yes I know those people are annoying, sometimes hurtful and people arent always that sensitive about…

It's not "holier than thou" at all - I know that something clicked at the birth of my daughter - I held something in my hands more precious than anything I ever thought possible: more than parents, siblings, wives, lovers, dogs, god, country, anything. And things which tickle that raw nerve... things that make my…

I get what you're saying. I'm sorry people took what you said and used it to slam you and parents and general. But I think what you're saying is some degree of what I feel when I see stories like this. Before I had kids, I would read things like this and maybe still be shocked, sickened, and horrified. But now that I…

I get what you are saying, the fact that I feel totally and completely sick over reading this makes me both wonder and worry about how I'll feel reading these things once I have kids.

Exactly. My gut is still reeling over the baby molester gawker's been reporting on. I can't take this.

Look, as a brand new mom I'm going to have to bow out now and stick my head in the sand when it comes to these child abuse / molestation / infanticide stories, k? I just can't stomach it anymore, and my baby is getting annoyed that I keep grabbing him and squeezing him tightly.

Ben is an acquaintance of mine and a lot of friends have been posting the link to this Today show article/slideshow that has more of his perspective on the shoot:
http://www.today.com/news/moms-memo…
Ben wrote about the experience, saying: "Many people have asked me how I felt while doing that photo session. What I…

Yep, my oldest had perfect eyebrows when she was a baby. She's probably going to have to do some serious grooming when she gets older though (as Baby North surely will). It didn't even occur to me that Kim would have had the kid waxed—in fact, baby skin probably wouldn't be able to withstand it.

My boyfriend has unbelievably perfect eyebrows and he's a pretty good sport about my fawning over them and occasionally plucking a stray to maintain their perfection.

My eldest son has always had perfect brows and his eyelashes are to die for. My daughter has perfect natural highlights. My middle son also has perfect highlights. I look at all three kids and realize it would cost me a young fortune to get what they have naturally.

I saw an African baby that must have been around 2 months old with the most perfectly shaped, thick eyebrows and a perfectly round curly Afro. She had gorgeous deep brown skin and shiny black eyes. I totally drew my breath in at this baby. She was so cute that you just wanted to put her on a shelf and look at her.

My daughter is the same way. She was born with perfect eyebrow shape and no strays to be found. She's almost 4 and her brows are still flawless. Perfect eyebrows, long lashes, and a dimple in each cheek. I'm in trouble when she gets older.

Both my babies lucked out and got my eyebrows (low maintenance - just a few strays under the arch) and hub's eyelashes.

I've never had to do any maintenance on my eyebrows until now at the age of 40. I now have to deal with (slow) unibrow creep and some hairs that don't fall in line with the others. About a decade ago I got told by a friend's girlfriend that I must pluck. Uh no.