Spotlight

1. It's 14 Days of Giveaways at The Mini Social!

Valentine’s Day may be for giving, but we all know that it’s pretty fun to receive. With The Mini Social, you can do just that and get goodies right up until the holiday itself! This online Continue reading

2. Celebrity Kids: Gay, Straight, Transgender - It Doesn't Matter to Mom

When Warren Beatty's teenage daughter came out as transgender last year, the 74-year-old actor remained tight-lipped to the press and was rumored to be struggling with accepting his daughter's Continue reading

3. UGG Boots Banned in School. Education Crisis Solved!

Say what you will about UGG Boots (warm, fuzzy, cruel, unflattering, so 2003, etc.), they're not the biggest problem in education today. But a Pennsylvania middle school wants them off students' feet Continue reading

4. Students Could Be Arrested for Playing Hooky

If Ferris Bueller lived in Covington, Kentucky, he'd have a lot more to deal with than just his principal. A new city ordinance, enacted January 2, has police taking school truancy into their own Continue reading

5. 20 Epic Kid-Friendly, Nerd-Approved Movies to Bond Over This Holiday Season

Not to quote Ned Stark, but "Winter is coming." And what better way for any self-respecting nerd to spend the season than hunkered down in the glow of some of the best nerd-approved films of all Continue reading

6. Christina Applegate Is Jealous of Jessica Alba's Post-Baby Body? I Hear Ya, C.

Christina Applegate took to Twitter the other day to speak for the 99.99% of moms who are neither Victoria Beckham nor Heidi Klum nor any of the celeb mothers whose bodies seems to be made out of a Continue reading

7. Catch BettyConfidential's Co-Founder and Kids on Oprah's OWN!

We write a lot about the various goings-on in the television world here at BettyConfidential but this is something we're really excited about. Our co-founder and CEO, Deborah Perry Piscione, has an Continue reading

8. How to Glow Like Hollywood's Hottest Moms-to-Be!

  From Beyonce to Jessica Simpson to Hilary Duff, it seems that everyone in Tinseltown is preggers right now. If these Hollywood heavyweights can teach us anything, beside the perks of personal Continue reading

9. Disney's Top Ten Holiday Gifts

  The weather may be freakishly warm, but holiday elves have been ignoring the weather and have created some pretty nifty gifts. Disney released their top ten items to a star-studded crowd. In Continue reading

10. Would You Buy Your 8-Year-Old Gap's Sequined Short-Shorts?

UPDATE: See the end of this post for how Gap styles these shorts! A post from a mom friend caught my eye this morning in my Facebook feed. “After reading the reviews of these sequined short shorts Continue reading

11. Not Just Cookies and Crafts: Girl Scouts Get Schooled in Managing Cash

Former Girl Scouts (as in, the approximately 50 million alumnae alive today!), you’ll be pleased to learn that young scouts are now being rewarded with badges for their financial smarts. The Continue reading

12. I Could Learn a Few Things From My Husband (Not That I Like to Admit It!)

On any given night of the week there is very little variation on this scene: The dog is barking, the kids are arguing, the dishes are precariously piled in the sink, laundry is strewn on a bed Continue reading

13. 25,000 Fans, Nicole Richie and Family Welcome Disney's Newest Princess: Rapunzel

Rapunzel fans, rejoice: the gal with 70 feet of glowing locks was the tenth inductee into the Disney Princess Royal Court in London on October 2. In attendance were an army of over 100 little Continue reading

14. Toss That Plastic Bag! Go Stylish This Halloween with UNICEF's FEED tote!

  Yummy! Halloween is just around the corner. This means oodles of candy to collect. Instead of something boring, go chic with the FEED Trick-or-Treat bag that Benefit’s UNICEF. The bag was Continue reading

15. "We Didn't Know If He Would Ever Walk Again” -- Canada, USA, and Meningitis

“It’s a terrible, terrible illness.”-Catherine Conners, mother, blogger and aunt to a meningitis survivor UPDATE: A young teen in British Columbia, Canada, recently contracted and died from Continue reading

16. Vanity Alert: Kourtney Kardashian Whisks Son Off to Plastic Surgeon

Gosh, but little Mason Dash Disick has had an eventful week: First a journey in Auntie Kim Kardashian’s handbag, and now a trip with mommy Kourtney Kardashian to the plastic surgeon! So what Continue reading

17. Forever 21's Sexist "Messij T-Shurtz" Suck

My first-grade daughter can count simple groupings in her head. Last year, she zipped through her kindergarten math workbook problems with a confident cry of "This is so easy!" On road trips, she Continue reading

18. Spiders, Crocodiles and 9/11

"Moooommm?" It's five minutes past bedtime. Stories have been read, water fetched, lights turned out, soothing classical music is playing. But all is not well in my son's world: "I hear a tapping Continue reading

19. Robert Downey Jr. Has a Baby On the Way!

Prepare for the arrival of a tiny bundle of awesome: Robert Downey Jr. and his wife Susan are having a baby! Susan, a film producer, and Iron Man have been married for six years; this will be their Continue reading

20. Beyonce is Going to be a Mommy!

Beyonce stunned everyone last night on the VMAs black carpet, when she told the world that she and Jay-Z are expecting their first child!  As she walked onto the red carpet, she told the reporters Continue reading

21. 15 Cute Baby Shower Gifts

Summer brings two inevitable events: weddings and baby showers. Everywhere you turn, your friends and family are preparing to have a baby. You’re doing your best to keep up with each baby shower Continue reading

22. Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner: Baby Makes Five!

  Looks like the Affleck-Garner clan is expanding! They released a one line statement to AP Monday stating they’re “thrilled” to have another one on the way. Ben Affleck and his wife, Jennifer Continue reading

23. Bully Alarm: Transforming the Effects of Bullying

You might have been bullied, bullied other children in school, or know of someone who has been or is being bullied. In 2010, BullyingStatistics.org determined that one in seven students in Continue reading

24. Why You and Your Spouse Need a Date Night ... NOW!

I always thought taking our kids along with us and rarely leaving them with a sitter was proof of what great parents my husband and I were. Rather than leave them to LANGUISH in the care of a virtual Continue reading

25. According to Jessica Alba, I'm Not "Really, Truly" a Mother

I just heard about this from my friends The Mouthy Housewives -- somehow this Jessica Alba quote has been floating around the web for a few days whilst I labored in blissful ignorance, thinking Continue reading