The Uplift: Finding friendship

A mother who was desperate to find friends for her son, who has Down syndrome, receives overwhelming support from strangers; a pregnant Air Force pilot helps make history; heartwarming, viral videos you need to see.

• Apr 28, 2023
• 22:37

The Uplift: Meeting a watchmaker

A woman who lost her baby helps grieving mothers who have experienced the same loss. A couple who tied the knot 56 years ago with no wedding party becomes newlyweds again. And David Begnaud gets an assignment to travel to a surprise city and find a story in 48 hours.

• Nov 17, 2023
• 21:42

More families choosing open embryo donations

In July, Clare Kilcullen gave birth to her daughter, Marlowe, thanks to a frozen embryo donated by a couple from Canada. As Jo Ling Kent reports, it's part of a growing movement to maintain a connection between donors of frozen embryos and their recipients.

• Nov 20, 2025
• 03:15

WIC policy director on impact of shutdown

The government shutdown is threatening funding for free food programs. Ali Hard, public policy director of the National WIC Association, joins "The Takeout" to explain how the shutdown could impact millions of families reliant on the program.

• Oct 10, 2025
• 05:43

The Suzanne Morphew Case: Nothing Is What It Seems

After a mother of two vanishes on Mother’s Day, bizarre clues emerge— a chipmunk alibi, a tranquilizer gun and a spy pen. "48 Hours" correspondent Peter Van Sant reports.

• Jul 5, 2025
• 43:02

Behind steep decline of moms of young kids in workforce

For six years, Mackenzie Bruegge worked in medical billing. But with two young children at home, she says the math just didn't add up. Her decision to quit reflects a national trend. Lana Zak reports.

• Sep 8, 2025
• 02:47

Prosecutors: Teen killed family over prom dispute

In 1989, 9-year-old Jessica Pelley came home and learned that four members of her Indiana family were dead. Years later, her stepbrother Jeff Pelley was convicted for killing her mother, stepfather and two sisters. Prosecutors said he murdered them in anger because he was not allowed to drive himself to his prom. Jim Axelrod previews the story that will air on “48 Hours” Saturday at 10/9c.

• Jan 24, 2020
• 03:02

Husband of missing Connecticut woman arrested

The estranged husband of Jennifer Dulos, the missing Connecticut mother of five, was arrested and charged with murder and kidnapping Tuesday. Fotis Dulos is expected to be arraigned Wednesday. Two other people also were arrested in connection with Jennifer's death. Mola Lenghi reports on what we know about the arrests.

• Jan 8, 2020
• 04:20

Average age of moms giving birth in U.S. rises to nearly 30 years old

Average age also increased for first-time moms, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Experts say there are a few reasons why.

• Jun 13, 2025

FBI probing Kentucky pardons

The FBI is looking into controversial pardons made by Kentucky’s former Republican Governor Matt Bevin. Lawmakers from both parties say they're concerned that some of Bevin's last-minute pardons before he left office were favors to supporters. Don Dahler spoke to a mother who wishes she was warned that her daughter's rapist was going free.

• Dec 26, 2019
• 03:47

Missing Idaho kids case takes alarming turn

The parents of two missing children from Idaho are now missing too, and the FBI thinks the kids are in serious danger. Joshua “JJ” Vallow, 7, and Tylee Ryan, 17, haven't been seen for three months. Police believe their mother, Lori Vallow, and stepfather, Chad Daybell, could have answers if they can be found. Investigators say the children's disappearance could be connected to the death of Daybell's former wife. Errol Barnett reports.

• Dec 24, 2019
• 03:30

Friend of dead TX mom charged with kidnapping

In a disturbing twist in the murder of Texas mom Heidi Broussard, the 33-year-old's close friend Magen Fieramusca was charged with two counts of kidnapping. Broussard and her three-week-old daughter Margot disappeared on December 12. The baby was found alive. Investigators say more charges could be coming as they work to determine who killed Broussard and left her in the trunk of the Fieramuscas' car. Authorities reportedly say Fieramusca had acted like she was expecting a child at the same time as Broussard, as part of a plot to kidnap baby Margot. Mireya Villarreal reports.

• Dec 23, 2019
• 03:24

Mom gets kidney from daughter's teacher

A mom from North Carolina desperately needed a kidney and thought she'd have to wait up to eight years to get one. Then, her daughter's kindergarten teacher came to her hospital room with a surprise.

• Nov 19, 2019
• 02:04

New book details House Speaker's rise

"Christine Pelosi joins ""Red and Blue"" to discuss the latest in the impeachment investigation and her new book about her mother, ""The Nancy Pelosi Way."" The book details the House Speaker’s rise through America's political ranks. "

• Nov 18, 2019
• 06:37

Colorado mother accused of murdering daughter

A mother in Colorado who asked for donations to cover medical treatments for her dying daughter is now charged with murdering her child. The investigation started after she brought another daughter to a hospital claiming she was ill. Barry Petersen reports.

• Oct 22, 2019
• 02:10

Funerals held for victims of Mexico attack

A mother and her four children were laid to rest after they were killed in an attack in Mexico. They are among nine Americans killed in the ambush. Manuel Bojorquez has the latest from Mexico.

• Nov 8, 2019
• 01:11

On Mother's Day without a mom

"Sunday Morning" contributor Faith Salie remembers her mother, and the valuable lessons about motherhood that she realized only after becoming a mom herself.

• May 14, 2017
• 02:31

Daryn Kagan on Mother's Day and her daughter's two mothers

Broadcast journalist Daryn Kagan, who married a widower with a young girl, talks about raising the daughter of a woman who did not live to see her grow up.

• May 6, 2018
• 02:48

"The Pioneer Woman": Ree Drummond

One of the most popular figures on the Food Network is Ree Drummond, who loves butter, basset hounds and Ethel Merman. The bestselling cookbook author and the figure behind the top-rated cooking show, not to mention Pioneer Woman magazine, tells Alina Cho, "I'm not a trained chef … I really am a mom who cooks for her family." We also meet Ree's cattle-herding husband, Ladd Drummond, with whom she transformed the small town of Pawhuska, Okla., into a tourist destination.

• Mar 10, 2019
• 06:56

Three wishes

At a nursing home in northwest Arkansas, 11-year-old Ruby Chitsey likes to go to work with her mom, a nurse who travels to several nursing homes in the area. And it was on one of those visits that Ruby started going up to residents with her notepad and asking them, "If you could have any three things, what would they be?" And so started a charity called "Three Wishes for Ruby's Residents." Steve Hartman reports.

• Mar 3, 2019
• 02:36

Staying at Home

A mother's dilemma: Stay at home or not? In 2004, 60 Minutes correspondent Lesley Stahl reported on a growing trend of women "opting out" of their careers to stay home with their children.

• Oct 10, 2004
• 12:59

The full episode from the April 27, 2014 edition of 60 Minutes Overtime

The final gifts that a mother and father gave their 14-year-old Jewish daughter as she boarded a train to escape the Nazis; and, when Lesley Stahl and the 60 Minutes team went 70 feet underground inside a nuclear control center, they found a system dating back to the 1960s.

• Apr 27, 2014
• 12:39

Jennifer Lawrence's unconventional journey

The Oscar-winning actress dropped out of middle school to pursue acting and by 21 was headlining major motion pictures. Bill Whitaker reports.

• Feb 25, 2018
• 13:34

"She's had to sacrifice almost everything"

Alexia, Brayden, McKenzie, and Ember now live with their grandmother, "who had to change the whole way that she lived" because their mom does drugs

• Jun 3, 2018
• 04:31

Jennifer Lawrence's unconventional journey

The Oscar-winning actress dropped out of middle school to pursue acting and by 21 was headlining major motion pictures. Bill Whitaker reports.

• Aug 5, 2018
• 13:46

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