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6 days ago | mother.ly | Sara Goldstein

If you’ve ever attempted to combine self-care with parenting small children, you’ll feel seen by Lisa Perese-Cullen’s viral TikTok with 475K views that’s making moms everywhere snort-laugh through their exhaustion. In the painfully relatable video, she’s captured outside, bent forward over the camera with headphones mocking her from around her neck, looking like she’s just survived some sort of domestic obstacle course while wrestling both a tangled dog leash and her child’s scooter and helmet.

6 days ago | mother.ly | Sara Goldstein

The nice vs. kind differenceThere’s a video making the rounds on TikTok right now about a mom who’s teaching her daughter to be kind, not nice—and let me tell you, I’m here for it. Because I’ve been living this philosophy for years, and my 13-year-old daughter is living proof that it works.

6 days ago | mother.ly | Sara Goldstein

Can we talk about pull-on pants for a sec? You know, that category of clothing that walks a precarious tightrope between style triumph and fashion disaster? We’ve all seen the unfortunate versions: ballooning around the legs like you’re auditioning for the circus, or so wrinkled you look like you just rolled out of a week-long nap. But here’s the thing—when done right, pull-on pants can be the actual jam. They spare you from determining whatever denim silhouette is trending this month (wide-leg?

1 week ago | mother.ly | Ruman Baig

Fisher-Price has issued a recall of approximately 253,000 Brunch & Go stroller toys after discovering they could pose a choking risk to little ones. According to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), the toy’s egg-shaped teether can crack, creating small parts that could be dangerous if swallowed. Fisher-Price has received five reports of the egg cracking, including two cases where infants placed broken pieces in their mouths. Thankfully, no injuries have been reported.

2 weeks ago | mother.ly | Ruman Baig

When a pediatrician—and grandma—shared her #1 travel tip on TikTok, she probably didn’t expect to kickstart a full-on parenting movement. In her now-viral video, @ask.bubbie holds up a tiny device that costs just around $20—and parents everywhere are calling it a game-changer: a portable carbon monoxide detector (easily found on Amazon). It’s a simple, powerful tip that’s resonating deeply, especially as more parents look for ways to feel safer and more in control when traveling with kids.