Exactly this! In rural areas all babies who they know are being born with issues like her baby are set up near a hospital with a full NICU because of high probability of complications. She gambled huge with that baby’s life.

Prepare in the newborn stage that you may be feeding every 15-20 mins (2-3 hour stretches are for later in in development after your milk supply is established...look up “cluster feeding”) day and night for several weeks. Sometimes nursing for 6 hours at a time when the baby is in a growth spurt and trying to get…

I have 3 kids and when they were babies, breast feeding ended up being a total nightmare for both them and me. But where I live formula feeding is considered the equivalent of outright negligence. I’ve had everyone from people on my older child’s parent counsel, to health nurses, to family members to strangers on the…

The thing is it isn’t the milk, it’s the improper brushing of teeth afterwards. A lot of people mistakenly believe that “bottle rot” only comes from bottles and can’t be caused by breast feeding. It’s almost entirely a basic dental hygiene issue.

No kidding! You know what actually IS upsetting and something I don’t want to see Wendy? Babies who aren’t being fed.

This is so true. A society that is scrambling to keep a roof and food is a society that doesn’t have the time to step up and demand better. Not until things get completely unsustainable at least.

This is true. Personally I hate pageants but these women basically do spend their lives and major family resources working towards this. It’s inexplicable to me but still. I can see how it would be devastating for her.

You’re right. She should have ran home and told her abusive Dad all about it.

Is it also wrong that I’m judging the parents of the children who are and were allowed to hang out with him? I’m not the type to try to choose my kid’s friends for them but damn! No chance would they be allowed within 10 feet of that little sociopath.

I think this is a great way to handle this issue.

That’s hilarious! And yeah my kids also have no idea which I think I should make a point to do something about. At a recent girl guide camping trip some of the moms and kids started praying before a meal and my daughter yelled out, “What are they doing!? Mommy what’s a god!? WHAT’S GOING ON!?” Major stink eyes thrown…

Yeah I’ve always admired him to that. Apparently he polished off a bottle of wine before noon every day. I mean how incredible would you have to be to be able to do that much while you’re basically buzzing and wasted the whole time? I would be rotting on the streets in organ failure after a month of that. I think it’s…

I was raised in an Atheist household and had no idea who this Jesus dude was until someone explained it to me in junior high. My excited response was, “Ohhhh so he’s sort of like Aslan the lion from Narnia but not as awesome?” Christian friend’s mind was totally blown.

Stats like that are going to cause people to start taking justice into their own hands eventually. And everyone (except women and their loved ones with any experience of this) will be baffled as to why.

You know it’s bad when you tell people this story and their minds are so blown they’re like, “wait, there has to be a lot more to it than this. There’s just no way.” Which serves to both show how horrible these situations are and how rape culture is a thing when reasonable people who wouldn’t dream of victim blaming…

My husband and I tried to channel her talents for our family Christmas photo this year. Our baby ended up in a turkey roaster on the kitchen table with her sisters sitting around looking like they were about to eat her. We gave up...and then stuck the photo in our Christmas cards.

My mom was a very openly hippy sex positive parent to the point of being really inappropriate. Ie. taking it upon herself to have my 8 year old self watching graphic sex ed videos with all the neighbor kids (without talking to their parents first I might add) and not respecting boundaries about when I really didn’t…

Right!? If my husband said to me, “I really don’t think I can work with women because it would endanger our marriage.” We sure wouldn’t be married anymore!

That’s one of the really scary things. He was so sure he wouldn’t be caught because nobody would care that he didn’t even try to cover his tracks. I think the police force needs to do some soul searching as to why he felt so unstoppable.

Did you see how Reeva’s mom just sat there staring at him while he did that though? That poor mother’s face still haunts me.