Samantha Stevens

I don’t think we need to worry about Gen Alpha. They’re cool. This is my 13 yo boy.

More Summer days like today please Melbourne!! Glorious. Hot, dry and perfect for swimming.

@TheFigen_ Who leaves a baby in a room by themselves just to record their reaction when one re-enters? Weird.

The happiness experienced by the baby, who was left alone in the room to record their reaction, when their mother enters the room. 💖

@Matt_Pinner I hit all of them… I think the only prerequisite for that is to be in your 50s…

10 for me!!….I feel confident nobody Has all 20!! How many for you?

Light a candle tonight, my friends. ❤️

@samuelmxc So horrifying. This is a tragedy for all Australians.

I feel like I’m going to throw up oh my god

Happy Christmas season from our sad little Christmas tree 😂

So my boy continues the recent trend of meeting his musical heroes heroes. First was @OfficialOpeth in Sydney and now Adam Jones from @Tool here in Melbourne. He’s appropriately stoked!

The scene of our first date some 18 years ago. And now, our last hoorah at Florentino’s before the change of hands at Grossi.

A win for the ages. Go Australia! Bring on Brisbane! Great to see the @originenergy sponsorship on the players’ arms! #Ashes #Cricket #SummerOfCricket

@CrazyVibes_1 What a talented boy! I think his creativity is awesome and should be celebrated.

My 15-year-old son hasn't left his room in three months. Not since the boys at school shoved his crochet project into a trash can and filmed it, posted it with "What kind of guy does this?" while everyone laughed. I'd find him at 2 AM, surrounded by patterns he'd saved from online, yarn everywhere, eyes red from crying. "This is all I'm good at," he'd whisper. His little shop online became his only safe place while kids his age destroyed him daily for doing something they called "girly." Then last week, he emerged from his room holding this gnome outfit. "For the baby," he said, voice barely audible. His first complete costume for his 10-month-old sister. Every single stitch perfect. The pointed red hat, that fluffy white beard, those striped legs with tiny boots. When the baby giggled and reached for his face, my son smiled. First real smile in months. "Do you think it's... stupid?" he asked, waiting for me to confirm what those boys said. Stupid? My broken boy had turned months of torture into something magical. I posted these photos in his online shop while he wasn't looking. Orders came flooding in within hours. "This is professional work!" "Does he do custom orders?" "Tell your son he's incredibly talented!" He's reading every comment now, crying. Happy tears this time. Talking about maybe going back to school. Maybe finding other kids who create things. Maybe those boys were just scared of someone different. To anyone who thinks a teenage boy hiding with yarn is wasting his life, sometimes he's saving it. One stitch at a time. Please tell him what you think. He needs to hear it from more than just his mom.

So ahead of our Sydney trip a day ago my metal crazy boy said to me, “imagine if we ran into Opeth while we’re there”. And we did! One of my boy’s FAVOURITE metal bands since he was 9 years old. @OfficialOpeth

It's the anniversary of the greatest diary entry in history. Michael Palin, November 13th 1977.

Her Dad’s bat and cap out for young Ben Austin, who tragically died playing cricket. Alice was moved and wanted to celebrate Ben. Our ❤️s go out to his family. So awful.

@historyrock_ I still remember when this was released. We bought a VHS of it...

We will never see anything like this again in our lifetimes. If you have a few minutes, watch it. Probably the greatest music video ever made. Michael Jackson - Thriller (1983)

My boy.

A very good piece I only just came across about the rise of diagnoses of women and girls with autism (and no, it's not a medical conspiracy or trend. They tend to present differently to autistic boys and men, and are good at masking). My daughter masked beautifully until her diagnosis. bbc.com/news/articles/…

So proud of my boy Will and his band. Their original number performed today at the Gershwin Room at the legendary Espy in Melbourne is incredible.

One of the greatest cinematic moments. She was excusing Hubbell for not being man enough to accept and embrace her complexity, intellect and challenge, and accepting his embrace of taking the easier path. Love this scene so much. share.google/EjxgLyNCGxYZfQ…