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    Emma Mustich

    Emma Mustich

    Executive Editor, Editorial Partnerships, HuffPost

  • What It's Like When Alcohol Takes Over Your Life -- And Steals Your Memories

    There are some crucial details missing from Sarah Hepola's new memoir, Blackout -- but that's the whole point. When she was having a blackout, Hepola explains, she could appear to be interacting with the world consciously -- but afterward, she would have no memory of what had happened. At one point, for example, she came out of a blackout while having sex with someone she didn't recognize: "It's like the universe dropped me into someone else's body.

  • 3 New Studies That Will Make You Reconsider All Your Parenting Techniques

    3 New Studies That Will Make You Reconsider All Your Parenting Techniques

  • A Dying Neurosurgeon's Exquisite Message To His Daughter

    A Dying Neurosurgeon's Exquisite Message To His Daughter

  • Jimmy Kimmel Gets A 6-Year-Old's Advice On Changing Diapers

    Jimmy Kimmel Gets A 6-Year-Old's Advice On Changing Diapers

  • Induced Births Are Falling In The U.S.

    Keep That Bun In The Oven: Induced Births Falling In The U.S.

  • Drug Use Linked With Brain Differences In Teens

    Drug Use Linked With Brain Differences In Teens

  • Fatherhood Ruined My Life Plan -- And Made Me The Writer I Am

    Daughter Pressure

  • 5 Highly Unconventional Parenting Techniques, Explained

    In his recent book, Parentology: Everything You Wanted to Know About the Science of Raising Children but Were Too Exhausted to Ask, sociologist Dalton Conley explains that his parenting style -- the opposite of "traditional" or "textbook" parenting -- is an improvisational method that relies on both modern science and old school intuition.

  • What 9 Months Of Pregnancy Really Does To A Woman's Body

    Last summer, photographer and body love evangelist Jade Beall told HuffPost Parents that society faced "an epidemic of women who feel unworthy of being called beautiful," and shared her dream to cure this confidence crisis. The date is fitting, since so much of Beall's work documents how women who give birth come to accept, appreciate and love the body changes associated with nine months of carrying a child.

  • 10 Truths About Parenting Small Children

    In today's very digital world, there are plenty of ways for parents to find comfort, support and laughter without leaving the comfort chaos of their own homes. A collaboration between Melissa Sher, who blogs at Mammalingo and on HuffPost, and illustrator Julia Lavigne, they express undeniable truths about the early years of parenthood. "I can't think of anyone who has less time on their hands than a mom or dad with small children," Sher told HuffPost.

  • FLOTUS: Sasha And Malia 'Want Nothing To Do With Us'

    First Lady Michelle Obama joined her erstwhile dancing partner Jimmy Fallon on The Tonight Show Thursday night to discuss, among other things, what it's like to raise tweens and teens in the White House. It sounds like Sasha and Malia are a lot like many of their peers in one important respect: they want a little (or a lot of) space from their parents. FLOTUS said she's doing what she can to help the girls keep a realistic perspective on life in the outside world, too -- because soon enough, they won't have all the trappings of their father's presidential office anyway.

  • 30 Rules For Boyfriends From Two Confident Little Girls

    It's hard to argue with the authors of today's cute kid note. Mom says Blaire is "absolutely boy crazy" and likes to think of Justin Bieber as her future boyfriend. Become a founding member of HuffPost Plus today.

  • This Kid's Perfectly Reasonable Explanation Is Actually Insane

    Ben was not stabbed or seriously injured, they just hit with a thud. Send a photo, along with your child's name and age, to kidnotes@huffingtonpost.com or via Facebook or Twitter -- and it may be featured as our Cute Kid Note of the Day.

  • Dad Is (Mostly) Totally Honest On 11-Month-Old's Daycare Questionnaire

    "When daycare, completely seriously, asks my friend to answer stupid questions on behalf of his 11 month old daughter, it is inevitable that stupid answers is what they'll receive," the friend who posted the finished product to Reddit wrote -- also pointing out that "sleep depravation," while a spelling mistake, might actually not be quite so far from the truth.

  • P&G Thanks Moms For Picking Kids Back Up -- No Matter How Many Times They Fall

    Once the Olympic Games begin, the soaring triumphs and devastating disappointments of world-class athletes play out on the public stage -- broadcast across the world, for millions and millions of strangers to see.

  • The Sneaky Way This Couple Broke Their Big News

    In May, Jennika and Sam Anderson will graduate from Utah State University. The couple -- who is celebrating their third wedding anniversary this week -- is also expecting a baby in June! Combining a pregnancy announcement with their graduation video was a way to keep their families in the dark until the moment of truth, Sam, who is graduating with an MIS degree, explained in an e-mail to HuffPost Parents.

  • What's Really Going On In The Restoration Hardware Children's Catalog

    "Practically perfect in every way" is more life with Mary Poppins than any house with kids we've ever seen... except, maybe, in a Restoration Hardware catalog. Enter mom blogger Lindsay Ferrier. For the past two years, Ferrier has parodied the impossibly polished Restoration Hardware Baby & Child "source books," writing colorful descriptions for the surreal scenes they present.

  • Study Shows Major Surge In High Chair-Related Injuries

    Every year, about 9,400 young children in the U.S. are injured falling off high chairs, a new study finds. Doctors warn that despite the chairs' perceived safety, children in high chairs can be harmed if a chair is not used properly. The study also showed that the rate of such injuries increased by 22 percent over the study period, from 2003 through 2010.

  • 22 New Chapters In The Most Adorable Naptime Love Story Ever

    In November, we introduced you to Theo and Beau, a diminutive duo, that subsequently stole the Internet's heart. As a holiday gift to everyone, the magic continues on blogger Jessica Shyba's Instagram account. "Beau and Theo have absolutely no idea what is going on around them," Shyba tells HuffPost.

  • This Boy's Mom Wants Everyone To Know The Truth About Her Son

    Jodie Howerton's son, Duzi, 8, has always known he has HIV. "He knows that his birth mother died of AIDS," Howerton said. "And he knows that if he takes his medication, HIV will stay sleeping in his body, so he doesn't have to worry.