Preparing for a serious weather event can be especially stressful for children. Kids thrive on stability, and it can be upsetting to see parents and caregivers acting anxious and disrupting normal routines. It's also scary to witness the physical destruction caused by a storm and sad to leave treasured belongings behind in the case of an evacuation. Earlier this year, Sesame Street produced a series of videos geared toward helping kids feel safe during a hurricane or other natural disaster. Their website also offers tips for talking to kids as well as activities ideas for waiting out a storm. The video explains what a hurricane is and shows the whole Sesame Street gang banding together to assist and reassure each other. It's an excellent resource for parents who are feeling panicked and seeking a way to communicate with their kids without creating more anxiety. You can also visit the website of the National Child Traumatic Stress Network for even more detailed information on

pregnant at the doctorThis probably won't come as a huge shock to most moms, but surprise, surprise -- a new study has found that having a vaginal birth can lead to weaker pelvic muscles down the road. And guess what? The research also found that moms who had their babies via c-section tended to have stronger pelvic muscles than the vaginal birth gals.

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And while scientists can't say for sure whether having weaker pelvic floor muscles will actually cause women to have incontinence or other pelvic disorders, the possibility of the weak muscles playing a factor probably does exist. Translation: If you give birth vaginally versus having a c-section, there's a higher likelihood of you unintentionally peeing your pants at some point after your baby's arrival.

And as the mom of a 6-year-old who has accidentally peed her pants (a little bit) on more than one occasion since he entered this world, I can tell you that it's really not as

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As if the symptoms of pregnancy aren't bad enough, when you are expecting, everyone's mission becomes to knock you down. Not literally, of course, because that would be attempted manslaughter, but knock you down nonetheless, they will try.

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They will try by insulting your appearance, by questioning your choice of lunch-meat, and by noting just how much weight you have gained.

You have two options in responding: Stand there, gaping, racking your brain for an appropriate response, but instead just walking away and sticking a doughnut in your mouth, OR completely losing it on them. Delicious as the doughnut may be, these people are deserving of a pregnant woman's wrath, and YOU should be the one to give it to them.

They have it coming if they:

1. Argue with you over your due date.

2. Criticize your intended baby name.

3. Ask if you are carrying twins or triplets, and you aren't.

4.

The Dark Road"Before you go, I wanted to tell you what happened last night," she says. We had been together, but in separate vehicles, and it surprised me to hear her short trip home, no more than a few minutes further than mine, could have ended up eventful.

"We were driving home, and as we were approaching the high school, just before the church, I saw what looked like a huge piece of cardboard floating through the air. It was a deer, it had been struck by a car. That's how fast it spun, that it looked like it was flying. Johnathan saw."

"Oh no," I said. He's a sensitive kid, and like all children, you feel a natural urge to shelter them from seeing animals in pain.

"He told me, 'We need to go back, mom, and see if he's okay'," she continued. "I knew it would be bad, but I turned the car around. The deer was clearly dead."

"Oh how sad," I said. It surprised me she didn't find a struggling creature, bloody, frozen and shocked. I have never (thank God) hit a deer or

All right moms, it's getting down to the wire with this whole Halloween costume thing. The best in-store costumes have been snapped up and the time for creating an elaborate handmade costume is quickly disappearing. That's why I'm here to bring you 7 unbelievably easy, last-minute Halloween costumes to make for your baby. - By Selena Burgess

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5 Advantages of Being a Single ParentI often hear single parents complain about being single parents. It's so hard not having a spouse to help out. It's so hard to do anything with friends. Dating is so hard. Keeping the house clean is so hard. The list could easily go on.

And while I sympathize as a fellow single parent, and while I know that there's an adjustment period, can I just tell you that a really big part of me loves being a single parent? I mean, there are some BIG advantages that being a single parent gives me.

1.) Single parents make all the decisions
As a single parent, I decide just about everything when it comes to my time with my kid. What we do, where we go, what we eat, who we visit, where we shop, what we watch, which pets we can have, where we vacation, and more. Sure, some things have to be a joint decision between my child's mother and me, but for the most part, we do our own thing.

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2.) Single parents don't argue about

Even before my oldest daughter hit her teens, I heard a lot of stories about what having a teenager was like. I listened, but I will say that I wasn't expecting to revisit so much of my daughter's toddlerhood now that she's a teen. Who knew? Here's my list of 8 ways having a teenager is like having a toddler: - By Tracey Clark

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