“One in eight women who will get breast cancer in their lifetime, according to the National Cancer Institute. Only now you probably won’t, and I can tell you a little of what you’re missing out on.”

usatoday:

This is the full op-ed from Angelina Jolie on her double mastectomy. 

“My chances of developing breast cancer have dropped from 87 percent to under 5 percent. I can tell my children that they don’t need to fear they will lose me to breast cancer.”

bobbycaputo:

Photo Series of a Young Girl Dressed Up as Great Women Throughout History

Photographer Jaime Moore‘s daughter Emma recently turned 5 years old. Naturally, being a photographer, Moore wanted to commemorate the event for her daughter by putting together a cute photo shoot for her, so she turned to the Internet for inspiration.

Much to her chagrin, however, something like 95 percent of the ideas she ran into were actually the same idea: how to dress up your 5-year-old as a Disney Princess. Moore wasn’t keen on that, so she went another way. Instead of dressing her daughter up as a made up ideal, an “unrealistic fantasy” as she put it, she chose to dress and pose her daughter as some of the greatest women throughout history.

The point was to convey to little Emma that she could be anything she wants to be. As Moore explains it on her blog:

My daughter wasn’t born into royalty, but she was born into a country where she can now vote, become a doctor, a pilot, an astronaut, or even President if she wants and that’s what REALLY matters.

Each photo is also captioned with an inspirational quote by the amazing woman it portrays. To see all of them in higher resolution and read more about Moore’s inspiration for the project, head over to her website by clicking here.

THIS ROCKS.

(via braiker)

theatlantic:

How Motherhood Is Changing Dramatically—in 11 Graphs

[Data: BLS, Pew]

This one, too. 

On the pie chart infographic of How to be a Mother, there’s a tiny little sliver of wrong. Everything else is right, or right enough that it all shakes out in the end.

15 Delightful Quotes From Kids To Keep Things In Perspective, featuring our very own little Wonder Woman!

Ana, our brand director, joined the TODAY team to talk about unspoiling your kids this AM. 

Unlike many other kidnapping cases, Berry’s story has a happy ending, but the road to recovery will be a long one.

Nearly half (44.9%) of parents surveyed by Parenting and HLN admitted to not having started saving for their child’s college education, despite fully intending to.

Astronaut Karen Nyberg is doing a 6-month stint in space — and she has a 3-year-old. What should we ask her in our interview later this week?

Our brand director, Ana Connery, is interviewing Giuliana Rancic today!

Surprising findings on how moms manage their emotions from a new survey by Parenting and HLN’s Raising America…

Leonora, our digital intern, and Stephanie, our executive editor, wore the same dress today! Twinsies! 

Happy Mother’s Day!