On Sunday, three-year-old Trigg Kiser died following a drowning incident. According to local NBC affiliate 12 News, authorities responded to a call in Chandler, Arizona, where they found the boy unconscious after being pulled out of a pool. The child was airlifted to Phoenix Children’s Hospital. The circumstances of the …
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Recently, I Googled a keyword associated with the media coverage of Sophie Turner and Joe Jonas, the millennial power couple who recently announced they were ending their four-and-a-half-year marriage on Instagram following weeks of speculation. There was a story attributing the split to the couple’s “very different lifestyles,” with a …
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Parenting is like planning a drama-free threesome: under the very best of circumstances, even if everything goes exactly according to plan, it’s still a near-impossible task. Throw in additional complications — postpartum depression, divorce, substance abuse — and it’s like a threesome where two of the parties get in a …
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When @reallyverycrunchy posted her first TikTok on Dec. 31, 2021, the joke was simple: some parents think plastic toys are dangerous. In the three-minute clip, the creator cheekily poked fun at the idea, giving away her kid’s plastic Christmas presents under the guise of safety. “It’s time for us to …
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