Tag: mother

Mother Eulogizes Southern California Boy Killed in Road Rage Shooting

YORBA LINDA, Calif.—The mother of a Southern California boy killed in a road rage shooting remembered him Saturday as a six-year-old with a vocabulary beyond his years who exuded warmth and tenderness. “He gave us such joy, giving us purpose to our life. I felt so honored to be Aiden’s mommy,” Joanna Cloonan said at…


Chinese Mother of Tortured Son Fears for Her Own Safety

The mother of an imprisoned and tortured 21-year-old man in China sought help through social media when police knocked on her door. Coco (pseudonym) said in a recent interview with the Chinese Epoch Times that she feared losing her own life, so she didn’t open the door. “This is Tengyu’s mother. Hurry! They’re knocking on…


Chinese Mother of Man Imprisoned, Tortured Over Posts About Chinese Leader’s Daughter Fears for Her Own Safety

The mother of an imprisoned 21-year-old man in China sought help through social media when police knocked on her door. Coco (pseudonym) said in a recent interview with the Chinese Epoch Times that she feared losing her own life, so she didn’t open the door. “This is Tengyu’s mother. Hurry! They’re knocking on the door…


With ‘Birthing People’ We Approach a ‘Brave New World’

Commentary I am writing on May 9, Mothers’ Day in the United States. I used to look askance at the holiday, not because I have anything against mothers—on the contrary—but because it always seemed like a Hallmark Holiday, something manufactured by corporate interests and glazed in a sugar of sentimentality from which one could free…


Pregnant Mother Kicked Off Airplane Because 2-Year-Old Daughter Wasn’t Wearing Mask

A video spread widely on the internet shows a Jewish family being asked to get off an airplane in Florida because their 2-year old daughter wasn’t wearing a mask. The Spirit Airlines flight from Orlando to Atlantic City was interrupted by the event—all the passengers had to disembark and were later allowed back on, according…


Distressed Mom at Airport Can’t Pay Baggage Fee–Then Young Man Steps Up: ‘I’ll Pay for You’

A Ryanair passenger has been hailed a hero after a random act of kindness at an airport in Spain went viral. He was captured on video helping a distressed mother of three who was unable to pay her “ridiculous” excess baggage fee. Late last month, passengers were waiting to board a flight from Ibiza to…


Woman Shamed After Giving Birth by C-section: ‘How Can You Call Yourself a Mother?’

A new mom has shared a powerful post explaining how she was shamed and told she was not a “real mother” because she had a C-section instead of a natural birth. Like most moms-to-be, Sunny Tucker, 23, from Adelaide, South Australia, had a clear birth plan of how she wanted to bring her little boy…