Moms are cool. Always were.

After learning her $2.50/hour babysitter was leaving her and her little hellraisers for a job at Wal-Mart, this mom thought it savvy to berate her publically, going so far as to label her an ‘ungrateful b@#ch.’ Her validation-seeking rant was stopped dead in its tracks, however, whenever someone decided to tag the babysitter and things were set straight.

Alicia Brown lives in Melbourne, Australia, and designs templates for people to make costumes out of cardboard. She says she loves cardboard, and thinks it’s completely underestimated. Most people throw away their cupboard boxes, but when Alicia gets a brand new crisp cardboard box in the house, she gets really excited about the possibilities.