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This teacher's sweet funeral request will melt your heart

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<span>This teacher's alternative summer "homework" is everything</span></a>";}

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Death

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School

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Moms

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"If you intercourse longer, is the baby born bigger?" Kids have questions about sex, and if we don't answer them, they'll come to their own conclusions.

These kids' hilarious sex questions show why early sex ed is so important

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<img src="https://platform-production-assets-us-west-2.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/tp/2017/06/Why-you-should-talk-to-your-kids-about-sex-earlier-than-you-think-440x248-1498490029.jpg" alt="a father talks to his son at a park bench">
<span>Why you should talk to your kids about sex earlier than you think</span></a>";}

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Humour

Fatherhood has never looked so wholesome! Check out these adorable photos of dads and their babies settling in for a nice snooze.

Aww! We love these cute pics of babies sleeping on top of their dads

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Cutting your own hair is totally a rite of passage, right? Stephanie Plucknette's horrified and hilarious reaction to her kids' cuts went viral on Twitter.

Watch this mom try to keep it together after her kids shave their heads

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Toddler behaviour

Throwing cheese at your baby's face may seem cute and funny at first, but should we be letting strangers laugh at our kids' expense?

Does the viral trend of 'cheesing' your baby go too far?

baby

There's NO WAY the show would let that happen, but like the viral Yanny/Laurel debate, it sure does sound like it to some people. What do you hear?

The new Yanny vs Laurel? Sure sounds like Grover dropped the F-bomb on Sesame Street

Sesame Street

"My wife and I spent 5 years successfully preaching tolerance, acceptance, and the importance of expression and your kids unraveled that in one school day."

This dad's viral Twitter thread shows how harmful toxic masculinity can be

Gender

Apparently, men using baby carriers is "emasculating." What the?

Twitter had the best response to Piers Morgan's issue with dads using baby carriers

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Celebrity dads

This adorable little busker just wanted to help out in any way he could.

This sweet little boy just restored our faith in humanity

Fundraising

President Trump has proposed training teachers to use firearms to defend their students. But teachers say they really need to be armed with this instead.

Teachers respond to Trump: We don't want guns, arm us with this instead

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<span>These are the role models you actually want your kids to have</span></a>";}

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twitter

Here's how to be a good person according to 6-year-olds

Parents are sharing their messy houses on Twitter and it's so comforting

This teacher's sweet funeral request will melt your heart

The funniest tweets about Doug Ford's new policy advisor, a kid named "Arthur"

This hilarious tired mom went on a cleaning strike and you have to see what happened

22 hilarious posts by millennials and Gen Z making fun of each other

These kids' hilarious sex questions show why early sex ed is so important

Aww! We love these cute pics of babies sleeping on top of their dads

Watch this mom try to keep it together after her kids shaved their heads

Does the viral trend of 'cheesing' your baby go too far?

The new Yanny vs Laurel? Sure sounds like Grover dropped the F-bomb on Sesame Street

This dad's viral Twitter thread shows how harmful toxic masculinity can be

Twitter had the best response to Piers Morgan's issue with dads using baby carriers

This sweet little boy just restored our faith in humanity

Teachers respond to Trump: We don't want guns, arm us with this instead

twitter

Here's how to be a good person according to 6-year-olds

Parents are sharing their messy houses on Twitter and it's *so* comforting

This teacher's sweet funeral request will melt your heart

The funniest tweets about Doug Ford's new policy advisor, a kid named "Arthur"

This hilarious tired mom went on a cleaning strike and you have to see what happened

22 hilarious posts by millennials and Gen Z making fun of each other

These kids' hilarious sex questions show why early sex ed is so important

Aww! We love these cute pics of babies sleeping on top of their dads

Watch this mom try to keep it together after her kids shaved their heads

Does the viral trend of 'cheesing' your baby go too far?

The new Yanny vs Laurel? Sure sounds like Grover dropped the F-bomb on Sesame Street

This dad's viral Twitter thread shows how harmful toxic masculinity can be

Twitter had the best response to Piers Morgan's issue with dads using baby carriers

This sweet little boy just restored our faith in humanity

Teachers respond to Trump: We don't want guns, arm us with this instead

Parents are sharing their messy houses on Twitter and it's so comforting