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• Nightly Nookie (and a book deal) Saves Your Marriage

  If you can't hack always being within 15 feet of your spouse like "spiritual partners" Michael Roach and Christie McNally, you can take another, sweatier approach. But you best have your agent on the line during the afterglow.   Read More... Posted Jun 08 2008, 04:30 PM by Adrienne Martini with | with no comments Filed under: Sex, marriage, intimacy, therapy, NYT, book, nookie

• Ending the Food Fight: Stopping Childhood Obesity

  You pretty much can't turn on the tv with out hearing how fat American kids are today. Every empire must fall. In Rome, Christian was the downfall. In England it was overextension. Apparently the fall of the American Empire will be juvenile diabetes.       A new book tackles the “epidemic” of childhood obesity in our country...  Read More... Posted May 14 2008, 09:01 AM by Cole Gamble with | with 3 comment(s) Filed under: food, fast food, fat, childhood obesity, diet, overweight, Americans, book, juvinile diabetes, dr. david ludwig

• Dooce Meet-Up Tonight And Dad Book Signing

  I've read a few essays from "Things I Learned About My Dad (in Therapy)" -- all from bloggers and compiled by Heather Dooce Armstrong -- and I have to say I'm impressed. And why not? She asked for fatherhood essays from some of the web's best parenting bloggers, and lohd ahmighty, did she get them. Read More... Posted May 07 2008, 01:28 PM by Mike Adamick (Cry It Out!) with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: dooce, New York, essays, book, meet-up

• Five Kinds of Moms and How They Mess You Up

  Jezebel reports on a new book by clinical psychologist Stephen Poulter called The Mother Factor: How Your Mother's Emotional Legacy Impacts Your Life. The gist is that your bond with your mom can have a big ol' influence on your emotional development, ability to form meaningful relationships, and so on. (Do the dads do anything? Cuz we should share the dysfunctional love!) Anyhow, according to the book, there are five kinds of mothers. This immediately begs the question: Which mother are you?  The five types are... Read More... Posted Apr 26 2008, 11:33 AM by Kelly Mills with | with 4 comment(s) Filed under: parenting, kids, parents, mothers, moms, therapy, psychology, relationships, jezebel, perfectionism, development, book, types, emotions

• Best of FameCrawler: Week of April 11

  Bobby Brown: I Was Whitney's Beard Smoke Tom Cruise, Go Crazy Woody Harrelson & Owen Wilson Swim Naked? Tori Spelling's Pregnant Bikini Photo Heather Mills Sends 8 Pages of Instructions To Hotel for Daughter Bea Beyonce Bump Buzz Twin Bumps! Lisa Marie Presley & Angelina Jolie Tom Cruise: Leaving Katie, Taking Suri? Heather Mills Nude Pics Finally Surface Jamie Lynn Spears Goes Postal  Posted Apr 11 2008, 04:00 PM by Whit Honea with | with no comments Filed under: celebrity, twins, katie holmes, parents, angelina jolie, pregnant, Tom Cruise, gay, tori spelling, bobby brown, heather mills, pictures, pot, scandal, gossip, famecrawler, naked, marijuana, book, jamie lynn spears, bump watch, round-up, nude, bikini, suri, hustler, postal, photo, stoned, bea mccartney, presley, beyonce, woody harrelson, skinny-dip, baby bump, whitney houston, weed, smoke, owen wilson, lisa marie, beard

• Church of England Provides Sex Guide For Married Couples

  It's been a big week for religion and sinnin'. Not only did the Vatican expand the list of deadly sins to 14 (up from seven, five of which I practiced before noon, though I so wish I could commit the new sin of obscene wealth) but the Anglican Church published a guide for married couples that deals with sex. (Technically sex within marriage isn't a sin for members of the Church of England, but I believe good marital sex ought to feel like one.) The church put out the guide in an effort to address rising divorce rates and marital dissatisfaction. While it doesn't include techniques or anything, it does encourage frank and honest discussion. But oh my, this is my very favorite part: The book includes the story of one couple... Read More... Posted Mar 11 2008, 06:01 PM by Kelly Mills with | with no comments Filed under: Sex, divorce, religion, england, marriage, sex after kids, communication, guide, book, vatican, sins, priest, discussion, anglican church

• Book of the Week: When Randolph Turned Rotten

  Randolph is the beaver protagonist in When Randolph Turned Rotten (Knopf, 2007) who enjoys sneakily gnawing on seesaws and spending every day with his best friend Ivy, the Canadian goose. These two buddies are roommates in a big city apartment who play together, read together and eat together. But when the mail comes one day with good news for Ivy and bad for Randolph, it dramatically changes their dynamic.   Randolph didn’t mean to have his insides turn rotten and develop mad hands and mad feet, but when he wasn’t invited to the ‘All-Girl Sleepover Birthday Party’ he just felt so alone. And that’s when he decided it would be best to ensure Ivy didn’t have any fun either. . . Read More... Posted Jan 18 2008, 10:00 AM by editors with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: children's books, books, book of the week, book, when randolph turned rotten

• Book of the Week: To-Do List by Maya Waldman

  Babble gets a lot of submissions of independently published children's books. Sadly, most of them are — how shall we put this delicately? — lacking.  So we were delighted when we received To-Do List (4N Publishing), an indie children's book that turns the tedious to-do list into something inspiring. Maya Waldman's ink drawings and simple text offer a clever twist on the counting book: she lists tasks for the reader, numbered 1-20, ranging from "make friends" to "speak pineapple" and "dance like an octopus." It's a fun, imaginative read, but as Levar Burton used to say, don't take our word for it — you can preview the whole book on the 4n website before you pick up a copy on Amazon. — Gwynne Watkins Posted Jan 10 2008, 02:15 PM by editors with | with no comments Filed under: books for children, childrens books, book of the week, book, 4N, to-do list, indie books, indie

• Book of the Week: Battle of the Princess Books

  It's practically a standard developmental phase for little girls: suddenly, she won't leave the house without a tiara and she insists on being addressed by her royal title. So this week, we'll look at two new books for your little princess: The Silk Princess by Charles Santore and Princess Baby by Karen Katz. We'll start with Princess Baby (Schwartz and Wade Books). Aimed at younger children —officially 4-8, we'd say 3-6 — this is a pink, sparkly ode to princessdom. It starts out well: the rosy-cheeked protagonist complains that no one ever calls her by her real name, then runs through an illustrated list of the names she doesn't like: buttercup, giggly goose, cupcake, little lamb, sweet gumdrop.  (The drawing of a disgruntled toddler dressed as a gumdrop? Priceless.)   Read More... Posted Jan 03 2008, 01:25 PM by editors with | with no comments Filed under: books for children, childrens books, book of the week, book, paper bag princess, princess baby, princess, silk princess

• New Children's Book: Mommy Has A Tattoo

  What a paradigm of ironic narrow-mindedness I was recently when I literally judged a kid’s book by its cover; a book that is, among other things, about how you cannot and should not judge a book by its cover. When the opportunity to review a new children’s book entitled “Mommy Has Tattoos” was extended via email by author and illustrator Phil Padwe to Strollerderby’s own team of heavily inked bloggers, parents and epigrammarians my initial reaction was one of droll sarcasm. I emailed a reply to the group, “I would do the review but I have a Trilogy of children's books coming out titled: Mommy has a Tramp Stamp, Mommy has Ass Antlers and Mommy has a California License Plate. I’m also currently writing two for Dad’s called: Daddy has a Tribal Arm Band and Daddy has a Japanese Symbol on his Calf that Actually Means Asshole and I fear there may be a conflict of interest.” As a Tattooed Dad though I was curious to see how the book conveyed being a tattooed parent in a way that children would relate to and learn something from, so after perusing book’s website I agreed to do the review. Read More... Posted Dec 17 2007, 03:37 PM by makeitadouble with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: parenting, children, tattoos, self-expression, book