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Mom uses laundry hack to teach her young son manners around menstruation

"My son will be educated, understanding & helpful."

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Mom Gee Gee @queenn.gee teaches her young son about menstruation.

It's impossible for men to understand what menstruation is truly like for women. But one mom is making it her mission to educate her young son about periods through doing the laundry together.

Mom Gee Gee (@queenn.gee) shared a menstrual blood talk teaching moment with her young son, Brayden, in a touching video, where she explained how to remove blood from clothes using peroxide. She demonstrates it to him on a pair of underwear that has menstrual blood on it.

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"Grown men have told me 'Ew that’s nasty/don’t talk about that' when I’ve mentioned being on my cycle. My son will be educated, understanding & helpful 🩸❤️," she wrote in the video's caption. "We’ve already had the talk about periods; this was just a teaching/reminding moment as he helped me with my laundry."

As she shows Brayden how to apply the peroxide, she discusses more about the importance of not making fun of or shaming women who have their period. "Never ever make fun of a girl for having blood in her underwear or on her pants, okay?" she says, as her young son looks up at her and responds that he knows women have periods.

"We can't control that, it's a natural part of our lives. It's a natural part of the human body. However, many boys can sometimes be mean and cruel, and they often make fun of. And I don't want you to do that. I want you to be compassionate, okay?" she tells him.

Gee Gee also explains what he should do if her ever sees a girl with menstrual blood on her pants. "If you ever see a girl at school that has a little blood on the back of her pants, and maybe she didn't see it or didn't know, how could you handle that?" she asks her son.

Brayden responds, "By maybe pulling her to the side and try helping her and try getting her to the office or something." She replies, "Right! And do you tell her, 'You have blood on the back of your pants!' in front of everybody?" He says, "No."

She then tells him that he could take off his sweater and offer it to her to "wrap around her so that it's not showing. It's not gross, it's not nasty. "Just like she can wash her underwear, you can wash your sweater as well. You're going to get older, and you might have your own kids, and you may have daughters or have a woman, and you may be washing her clothes, and I don't want you to ever be like, 'Eww! I'm not touching that!' No. Take care of it, use the peroxide, and be there for them, okay?"

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Her son nods his head, and they give each other a high-five and a big hug. And her followers shared how much they loved their interaction.

"Thank you, Mama, for raising an amazing young man! You are doing the most beautiful job. I admire you!!! And by the way he’s looking at you, I can tell he admires you too! Good job, sweet mama!" one commented. Another wrote, "Oh, Mama, you are teaching him to be an empathetic, kind, and protective man. This is beautiful 🥹 This is the evolution of human beings 🙌🏾."

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Autistic 5-year-old says getting to know Harley Davidson bikers brought him out of his shell

He connects with motorcycle riders by giving them custom hog stickers.

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Young boy with autism meets bikers to practice socializing.

Young boys are are often obsessed with motorcycles—especially Nathan Archibeque, a 5-year-old autistic boy who lives in Washington state. A biker enthusiast, Nathan (whose nickname is "Cookie Monster") has turned his love for their loud engines and speed into a way to practice socializing and speaking with the help of his mom, Shelbie.

Shelbie, a single mom, is Nathan's biggest advocate and has documented his autism journey and love for motorcycles on social media (@mamadontbreak). Whenever they see a motorcyclist while out and about, they use it as an opportunity for Nathan to connect and practice interacting with others.

"My five year old son has autism and used to not talk to people. He gives out stickers to bikes he likes and Harley Davidson made him some custom ones to hand out and help him socialize," she wrote in one post's caption.

In the video, Nathan approaches two bikers who he gifts stickers to. The bikers take off their helmets and speak with him, thanking him for the sticker and giving him a chance to practice shaking hands. The bikers also have Nathan help them put the stickers proudly on their bikes. "Now when I do wheelies, everybody will see it!" one biker says.

The interactions have helped Nathan's communication skills greatly improve. "If you have a bike, he’ll talk to you. A year ago, he barely talked to anyone – and now it’s like if you have a bike he’ll talk your ear off, ask how long have you been riding, what you ride," Shelbie told Fox6 in 2024.

Shelbie documents the interactions, which she notes have helped restore her faith in humanity. "Small acts of kindness go so far, and create a ripple throughout our community that we just can’t get enough of. I still can’t get over how far Cookie Monster has come with his social interaction, and he helps restore my faith in humanity every single day 💙," she wrote in another post.

In another video, Shelbie explained just how Harley Davidson connected with her and Nathan to design a sticker just for them. "When Cookie Monster was 3, a biker gave him a sticker. He then wanted to start giving out his own stickers, so we made the original Cookie Monster riding a motorcycle stickers to hand out," she explained.

Shelbie made a video about it, which made its way to Harley Davidson. "Harley Davidson saw it, and they invited us to their museum," Nathan said in the video. To get to the museum in Milwaukee, Nathan sold lemonade to raise funds. They made it, and Nathan took his first airplane ride.

"While we were at the Museum, they gifted Cookie Monster with a few bundles of these custom stickers with our username and their logo. Truly an honor to receive!" Shelbie added. The kind gift inspired Nathan to design his own motorcycle merch called Moto Monsters Awesometism to raise awareness about autism.

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Single mom gives unforgettable speech to young daughter after her father left them

"Mom will always be here, my babies 🥹❤️."

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Single mom gives moving speech to daughter upset her father left the family.

Single parents are caretakers of their children's hearts in a unique way. When a separation or divorce befalls a family, the fallout can leave many parents struggling to pick up the pieces of their own broken hearts and their kids'.

Instagrammer and single mom Mely (@allthingsmely) shared a vulnerable video of how she's helping heal her young daughter's heart after her father left their family. During the tender conversation, her daughter expressed her sadness, and Mely reminds her of her love and worth while allowing space for her to express her emotions.

"To every mom healing little hearts while healing her own: you are not alone. I see you," she wrote in the video's caption. She added, "Being a solo mom is tender, exhausting and beautiful all at once and it’s the hardest thing I’ve ever done."

The video is taken in the family's bathroom after bath time, and Mely gets down on eye-level with her daughter who is wrapped in her robe and crying to her. Mely says to her in Spanish, "It's okay to feel sad. It's okay," she says. "But I want you to know that you are SO LOVED. You are special. You are worthy of time, love and respect. You are so worthy of it all. You are worthy of it simply because you exist. It's okay to be sad. And mommy will always be here. I love you."

At the end of the video, she hugs and kisses her daughter in a sweet embrace. In the video's caption, she shared more about the pain her daughter is feeling: "The ache of absence is something I carried in silence for years, trying to protect my kids from it. But now, it’s more visible than ever through the physical distance and indifference of someone who was supposed to love us, cherish us and protect us," she wrote.

While Mely is dealing with her own emotional pain from separation, she shares that, "I can only imagine how confusing and painful it must be for a child (especially a 4 year old) to feel like she’s not being chosen or fully adored. But I see her pain. I feel it too."

She adds that the reason she is sharing the video is so that "every single mama out there feels a little less alone in this journey," before ending the post with a powerful sentiment. "I pray my kids grow up knowing that their mom chose courage. That she knew her worth and walked away from a life of emotional neglect and betrayal. That they are worthy of a love that’s present, consistent and safe. And that their hearts deserve to be cherished every day of their lives."

The emotional video had many people expressing praise for Mely in the comments. "This is so beautiful 🥹 I don’t know who needed to hear this most, you or your little one ❤️🩹," one wrote. Another added, "I Love this!!!!! Every child needs their mother’s there for reassurance 🥺❤️🙏🏽✨🙌🏼🫶🏼🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹." And another touched viewer commented, "Remember this goes for you too Mama, heal the little girl in you 🥹🫶."

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Mom traveling solo with toddler shocked by the outpouring help she got from total strangers

It all started when her flight got canceled.

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Faith in humanity (and travel) restored.

Stories that involve air travel don’t usually restore our faith in humanity. You’re way more likely to find headlines featuring lost or stolen luggage, rude passengers or unhelpful staff. But every so often, one will come around to remind us that kindness does, in fact, exist…even 40,000 feet up in the air. And when they do appear, they simply must be shared.

In an exclusive in PEOPLE, Gabrielle G., a 27-year-old solo mom who goes by @notaregularnanny on social media, shared how she had been traveling with her 18-month-old son back home to Florida from a Fourth of July family visit in Kansas City, Mo., when her flight got canceled due to an IT outage.

This would be the first of a whole slew of unfortunate circumstances. For Gabrielle was able to rebook a connecting flight through Detroit, however, she and her son were booted off the new flight due to a spacing snafu.

This would be enough for anyone to lose hope, let alone a young single mom taking care of a child all by herself. But in that moment, Gabrielle was about to learn she wasn’t as alone as she thought.

Just as she was about to exit the plane, another mom offered to put her 2-year-old son on her lap so that Gabrielle and her child could take the extra seat. “We ended up getting a seat on that plane after all because of her,” she told People.

But the kindness didn’t stop there. Gabrielle would tell PEOPLE that even though her journey home would include a few more obstacles, like another cancelled flight once she landed in Detroit, as well as no available rental cars or hotel rooms, the strangers she’d meet along the way would help that journey ultimately be an incredibly heartwarming one.

In a now viral video, Gabrielle listed off those helpful strangers—from the old man who helped her son up to look out the airplane window, to the family that entertained him while they were stuck on the tarmac for hours, to the Uber driver who let them stay in his car while they waited for their train so they’d stay safe, and more.


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Sobbing crying making this video ❤️‍🩹🥲 my faith in humanity was restored after this whole experience #ittakesavillage #myvillage #motherhood #solotravel #solomom #travelingwithkids #stranded #momsoftiktok #faithinhumanityrestored

So many viewers chimed in to share how simply watching the clip restored their own faith in humanity as well.

“My childhood trauma has taught me to trust NOBODY, I cried my eyes out watching this because [of this] exchange of compassion and love by strangers! Thank you for healing a part of me!” one person wrote.

Another said, “If I’ve learned anything recently, it’s that humanity isn’t as awful as it’s currently portrayed to be. May we all take care of one another.”

Others noted how this was a prime example of how “the village” doesn’t always have to be our close friends and family. Rather, it can be, one one person put it, “the people you pass by throughout life.”

Another person wrote, “Be someone’s village! I will always offer to help keep tabs on a kiddo or play with them while a parent handles something. It takes so little effort to choose kindness, help, listen, entertain.”

Another simply dubbed this video as “hopecore,” which feels so appropo. May all our feeds, and our hearts be filled with more hopecore just like this.

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