New Parenting Humor Site Engages Moms Looking to Laugh and Restore Sanity

April 21, 2009 - PRLog -- LOS ANGELES – Mothers seeking an entertaining daily break from working and watching “Barney” on repeat finally have a worthy outlet:  TheLaughingStork.com, a new parenting humor site and video blog for moms who enjoy chatting about the lighter side of family and parenthood.

Founded and written by Candy Kirby, a former writer for the CBS daytime drama “The Bold and the Beautiful” and an expectant first-time mother suffering from margarita withdrawals, The Laughing Stork explores everything from the amusing symptoms of “pregnancy brain” to creepy kids’ products, and also offers a peek into the intimidatingly hardcore state of eight-year-old girls’ softball and into Candy’s relationship with her own outspoken mother.

Regular columns and topics on The Laughing Stork include Candy’s personal humor column, pregnancy, kids, sex, pop culture, style, satire, items of interest in the news and a regular video blog hosted by Candy, “The Laughing Stork TV,” which lampoons clips from children’s programming and family-related reality shows.

“It’s ironic,” muses site publisher Candy, now 25-weeks-pregnant and in imminent danger of strangers wanting to rub her belly.  “I was always hesitant to have a child of my own because I was afraid of how it would affect my career – and the experience has actually inspired me to rediscover my true writing voice and publish content I’m passionate about.”

“Not to mention it’s a great excuse to whine about the State of My Breasts and lobby Congress for more life-saving ‘Expectant Mother’ mall parking spots,” she somberly adds.

From a business perspective, an estimated 82.5 million women in the U.S. have children and birth rates are higher than they have been in 45 years, making it an auspicious time to enter the field of “parentainment” – a just now-fabricated term sure to become a big hit with marketers.  In fact, according to a study commissioned by Disney Online, moms spend almost twice as much time surfing the Internet than watching television.

The Laughing Stork is not just another mommy blog, however; Candy’s unique first-person writing style engages readers and encourage a more interactive community – something she honed at her previous site, CandyKirby.com, a pop culture site that attracted 100,000 unique readers per month after just one year on the Web.

About The Laughing Stork

The Laughing Stork (TheLaughingStork.com) is a parenting humor site for smart, educated moms who want to read and chat about the lighter side of parenthood -- from the amusing symptoms of "pregnancy brain" to the mind-numbing effects of watching "Barney" one billion and two times a day.  Based in Los Angeles, the publisher of The Laughing Stork is thrilled to have forged a career out of making fun of “The Wiggles” and posting embarrassing pictures of her “big-boned” cats.

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The Laughing Stork is an online column and video blog exploring pregnancy, parenting and the fine art of transforming a beer keg into a Diaper Genie.