By: Carolina Pichardo Through the years, television has opened up the way people interact, understand each other and the world around them, and apparently how kids learn about accents. Heck, I've had relatives learn English from spending a summer watching sitcoms and cartoons. It's with this same power that we have to look at how television affects our children and their sense of diversity. When there's a

By: Carolina Pichardo During MTV's Video Music Awards (VMA), Beyonce went on to debut her beautiful baby bump at the end of her performance. News was already swirling around about her pregnancy, but seeing the singer's proud moment and a performance that demonstrated an energy/excitement like no other was truly inspirational. We couldn't think of a better way for Beyonce to tell the

By: Staff Report When you think of corporal punishment  in schools, it's easy to think of a time from long ago or a place completely foreign from here. However, that topic is a reoccurring, still-recent phenomenon affecting children worldwide - including the U.S. And by recent, we mean very recent. Well, to give you a little history lesson, it was only in 1977 that the Supreme Court weighed

By: Carolina Pichardo For the last few months, I've been reading a lot about the Casey Anthony case, followed every criticism/post of MTV's Teen Mom (which just launched it’s 3rd season), and even been on the overall lookout for teen moms in the U.S. You see, much like a lot of those young moms you see in the mainstream, I was very confused about being young, a

By: Staff Report Since news of the IRS tax break for breastfeeding mothers spread, there are many that have been celebrating and enjoying the government's "a-ha" moment. However, there are some that are instead attacking and disputing whether this is a positive message that the government should be providing mother. Although we could get into the arguments that both parties are presenting, our entire beef here isn't

By: Staff Report + Daily Worth It's been a little over a month and we hope that most of you have been on track with your money resolutions and goals for this year. If you're not, then we're here to remind you with some quick tips from the "Money Experts" themselves (and our favorite financial site), Daily Worth. 1. 5-Minute Quiz: Your Best Budget: The reason budgets fail—or

By: Shaye Alba You'll find yourself able to hide the pregnancy for a long time, specifically from yourself. But when the second or third month rolls around without the expected "visitor" making its appearance, you'll feel the denial begin to wither. You then finally gather the courage to buy a home pregnancy test, only to find that big fat "positive" staring you in the face. At this

By: Carolina Pichardo Like any parent, I always think about what my daughter's going to be when she grows up. That's why I listen attentively when she describes her dreams of becoming a doctor, teacher, chef and even the superhero that she created—Everything Girl. It wasn't until she declared her recent real dream, about becoming a soldier, that everything switched for me. What do you do when your

By: Tiffani Burnett-Velez I lived with Chronic Fatigue Immune Dysfunction Syndrome (CFIDS) for many years before I even realized I had it. All I knew was that I was extremely exhausted, to the point of feeling like I was fighting an eternal battle with the flu. This made every little effort (and often still does) an event to be reckoned with. Nothing is easy when you have CFIDS

By: Zaida Grunes (Manhattan's Peak) As parents, we don't always have to agree on how we raise our kids. What works for some, probably won't work for others. It's like that saying—not all kids are cast in the same mold, because then that would be weird. Wouldn't it? But what happens when some parents impose their beliefs on other parents, are completely against those that don't agree