The Power of Touch for NBA Teams

Dr. Dacher Keltner, a professor of psychology and the scientific adviser for Pixar's film Inside Out, claims that human touch is the "the foundations ...

Musician Father John Misty on His Christian Upbringing

In an interview with Rolling Stone, singer-songwriter-guitarist J. Tillman (now known as "Father John Misty") was asked: "You were raised in an evangelical ...

Mom Versus Mountain Lion

A five-year-old Colorado boy's playtime turned into a traumatic escapade when he encountered an unexpected playmate: a mountain lion. During the harrowing ...

Daughter Receives Mom's Letters 23 Years After Death

For the longest time, Amanda Lemmond didn't have much of her mother to hold onto. She still has the stuffed animal bunny her mother gave her one Easter ...

The Faith and Courage of Harriet Tubman

Harriet Tubman was born into slavery on a Maryland plantation in 1822. As she grew up, she was made to work driving oxen, trapping muskrats in the woods, ...

Spending on Mother's Day vs. Father's Day

Who gets the most attention on their special day—moms or dads? Here's a breakdown on the stats for Mother's Day and Father's Day spending: ...

'Sink You, Mama!'

Mbird blog recently ran a short excerpt from a new book by Catherine Newman called Catastrophic Happiness: Finding Joy in Childhood's Messy Years. ...

'The Good Wife's Guide' from 1965

On May 13, 1965, Housekeeping Monthly offered the following advice to women in what they called "The Good Wife's Guide":

Plan ahead, even the night before, ...

'Mothers' Voices' Ad Campaign in Columbia

NPR's radio show This American Life ran a segment about a marketing executive from Colombia named Jose Miguel Sokoloff. The government of Columbia ...

A New Rent-A-Mom Service

Young or old, there are times when all of us need a mother. Like when you get sick for the first time living on your own. Or when you're going through ...