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If you’ve been following Carrie Underwood and her husband Mike Fisher’s plans to have children, you know that in a recent interview with Oprah the happy couple had differing opinions on when to start their family. But that seems like a minor glitch compared to the bomb Fisher dropped later: He wants seven children. Is Underwood up for mothering that many kids?

Every once in awhile we stumble upon a story that make us go “Whaaaaaaaat?”  This is one of those stories.  We’ll do it again, since you missed it…”Whaaaaaaaaat?”

Over the past decade, there has been a significant amount of evidence collected that suggests that having children does not make people happy.

Facebook only allows people 13 and over to sign up for an account — but the social site’s founder and CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, wants that to change.

Parents who nag their adult daughters about making them grandparents are often the bane of childless women everywhere. But some are taking it a step further and paying to have their daughters’ eggs frozen for use later on.

A small group of seniors at Cascade High School in Clayton, IN celebrated their upcoming graduation with a prank, covering school doors, offices and windows with more than 12,000 colorful Post-It notes. But the school superintendent apparently didn’t think it was so funny — he suspended almost 60 students, and a janitor accused of helping during the prank could lose her job.

This summer the spotlight could be shining on your youngster from the Stage at the legendary Delta Grand Theater in Opelousas. The Delta Grand is offering a special summer workshop, The Off and On Stage Summer Camp, beginning June 4th to teach kids ages 10 years old and older some of the finer points of theatrical production...

How does one learn to be a good baby sitter? What kind of addictions are your kids facing that you might not even be aware of? How do you teach your adolescent child about the changes their body is going through during puberty? These are all difficult question for parents to answer but thankfully the Woman's Foundation of Acadiana is here to help with a great selection of Summer activities for your youngsters.

The focus of the school is to teach youngsters ages 5-14 some great basketball skills as well as some even more important life skills. Registration for the school is underway now and we suggest you sign up as soon as you can.

Sunglasses don’t just make you look cool, they’re also good for your eyes. But a lot of parents don’t seem to know that rule also applies to their kids.

With the end of school just about a week away most parents, including myself, have already felt the cold shiver up the spine that is brought on us by bored children at home during the Summer. There are a lot of great Summer activities your youngster could be involved in...

Lafayette Parish school officials have announced the school calendar for the 2012-2013 school year. Parents you will want to take a look at the calendar so you will know the important days of the upcoming school year.

Despite some studies that have shown the ineffectiveness of abstinence-only education for teenagers, several states and even the federal government have doubled down their stance on the controversial sex-ed program. Tennessee has taken the idea one step further.

This is a story of two teens in Pennsylvania who accidentally fell asleep while tanning. They also happened to fall asleep while tanning in the middle of a city street.You guessed it they were hit by a car and had to be flown to a hospital for treatment.

We all have to shop for our families so any help we can get at the grocery store is always appreciated. How about if you could get free groceries, win a house and help save the life of child?

Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes came under fire for letting their daughter Suri, wear heels and makeup. Now, much less famous mommyish.com blogger Lindsay Cross, of Fort Wayne, Indiana, is taking a beating in the court of public opinion for admitting to letting her four-year-old daughter wear makeup.

When you watch the video you see what appears to be little hands making paint marks on the paper. There is never a really clear picture of the kid actually putting his hands in the paint and then putting them to the paper. I think this is just some slick video editing done by a father who is probably upset he didn't think of the whole balloon boy fiasco from a year or so ago.

When we watch the Olympics we will see victory, celebration, national pride and some amazing performances. What we won't see is the sacrifice it took to get there. The competitor is not the only one who made a sacrifice, there were others behind the scenes that did what no coach could ever do.

There are no words to describe just how awful this story is. The only good that can come from it is if we prevent another tragedy from every happening again.

This will absolutely blow your mind. Teachers if you have a computer in your classroom show your science classes this video. I promise even the most hard core haters of learning will be amazed at something called the McGurk effect.