stories

A nurse explains why a father-to-be sitting and drinking water during birth doesn't make him a bad dad. – Photo credit: @_jen_hamilton_ on Instagram/Canva

Family, Fatherhood, Popular

The internet slams a man drinking water while his partner gives birth, but a nurse sets them straight

Erik Barnes

2/13/2026
Youth-led party for community engagement, MEDEA, Tanzania Captured by James Roh for Pura

In Partnership With Pura →

Culture, Education, Empowered Women, Equality, Family, Identity, Modern Families

The next generation of female leaders has arrived. Here’s how they’re making sure they (and every girl) get a chance to learn.

Sarah Watts

3/8/2026
A toddler pretends to be a doctor with her doll. – Photo credit: Canva

Family, Joy, Parenting

Mom hilariously reenacts her toddler pretending to be a doctor, complete with ‘very bad news’

Cecily Knobler

5/17/2025
The name Tiffany goes way back to Tiphaine Raguenel, who lived in Mont Saint Michel in the 1300s. – Photo credit: Ali Shaker/VOA, Tylwyth Eldar /Wikimedia Commons

Education, History (Education), Popular

Ever heard of ‘The Tiffany Problem’? Why people think historically accurate things are wrong.

Annie Reneau

2/17/2025
Blake Kasemeier and his children. – Photo credit: via Blake Kasemeier, used with permission.

Family

Dad who grew up poor perfectly explains why it’s so hard to shake the poverty mindset

Tod Perry

2/12/2025
Be the hero of your own life. – Photo credit: Canva

Heroes, Joy

Study shows how reframing your life as a Hero’s Journey can change it for the better

Annie Reneau

1/24/2025
Array – Photo credit: Array

Culture, Popular, Videos, Wellness

A child’s future bedtime story portrays a post-COVID world that learned from its mistakes

Annie Reneau

5/4/2020
Family

This autistic 10-year-old wrote a short story, and people are loving it.

Eric Pfeiffer

7/17/2018
More

A man traveled cross-country to interview homeless people. This is what he learned.

Robbie Couch

3/9/2017
Most Shared

Why using comedy to cope with the horrors of the world is nothing to laugh at.

Claire Biggs

3/1/2017
More, Popular

J.K. Rowling found out her books helped save this baby’s life. Her response was magic.

Kelley Benham French

12/6/2016
More

Marvel made a comic of a Syrian family. It tells a story you won’t see on the news.

Thom Dunn

10/27/2016
11 emotional, hilarious, and moving photos from the Museum of Broken Relationships.

Alicia Barrón

10/4/2016
Most Shared

‘Luke Cage’ is the blackest show on TV, and I am totally here for it.

Erin Canty

10/3/2016
More

A Hollywood film about disability has a lot of people feeling left out.

Parker Molloy

5/26/2016
Most Shared

A girl and her dad played one last video game before he died. She’ll never forget it.

Jon Comulada

3/24/2016