Jody Allard
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Jody Allard Articles
Delivering gifts to children around the globe in a single night might seem like a tall order for one man, but when children were asked whether a woman could do Santa Claus' job, a passel of adorable British kids had a decidedly ugly answer –– a resounding no.
Read...Every parent is afraid of something happening to their children; that comes with the territory. When we allow our fears to prevent our children from following their dreams, however, we do them a disservice.
Read...Science has finally confirmed what moms have been saying forever –– that newborn baby smell is intoxicating.
Read...ICYMI, half of my home state of Washington, as well as our neighboring state of Idaho, has been or is currently on fire.
Read...The wage gap is complicated, right?
Read...Only highly educated white people seemed willing to consider the idea that their children might learn best without any instruction at all.
Read...All responses by victims of incest are valid. Fear, anger, and rage are often the most understandable, but victims often love their abusers, too. That love doesn't always vanish the second that abuse occurs, and in fact many abusers rely on that love to conceal and even continue the abuse.
Read...Former President Jimmy Carter announced that his most recent scans showed no evidence of cancer, and he may owe his rapid response to science.
Read...I was born without fingers on my right hand. No one knows why, even now, 36 years later. It just happened, as these things sometimes do.
Read..."Ultimately, it doesn't matter much whether Bland killed herself or was murdered. In both cases, she died because she was hauled into custody for a minor offense that didn't really even merit being pulled over to begin with. Maybe her head injury led to uncharacteristic behavior, or maybe the traumatic arrest triggered a severe PTSD episode, or maybe someone flat out killed her. But, in every case, she died because she was in that police cell."
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