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  • Pregcellent: Babies Do Come With (Hilarious) Instructions!

    As a new parent, the whole baby thing can be overwhelming, to say the least. There's this idea we should just know how to do stuff naturally, like breastfeeding or interpreting the baby's cries correctly with little or no instruction. But of course, it isn't that instinctive. The lucky moms...
    Posted to Strollerderby (Weblog) by Kelly Mills on 03-26-2008
  • Anyone have an idea for a cute homemade costume for a five year old girl?

    Something creative and cute but not too hard!
    Posted to Parents Share (Forum) by AnnaBanana22 on 10-23-2007
  • Russell Crowe to Give Parenting Advice

    Fresh off the success of his, How To Drink Heavily and Destroy Inanimate Objects series, Russell Crowe is now adding his sage wisdom to a DVD on parenting that will be given to all new parents in Australia. What's up with that? In the United States we don't even get formula anymore, let alone...
    Posted to FameCrawler (Weblog) by Whit Honea on 08-20-2007
  • I’m Pregnant – Tell Me Something Good!

    “All I hear from my generation is the negative, how it will ruin your relationship, your body, your sense of self. Now that I finally had the guts to get pregnant, I'm just trying not to be so anxious about how bad everyone assures me it will be.” That comment was left yesterday on this post by a...
    Posted to Strollerderby (Weblog) by Gwynne Watkins on 08-16-2007
  • What SAHM's Do All Day

    I read this letter and response from the advice column at the Roanoke Times , and all I could think was "Are we still talking about this?" I mean, really. Still? In 2007, there are people who are still unable to combine their observations and personal experiences to grasp the concept that stay at home...
    Posted to Strollerderby (Weblog) by Patti on 05-24-2007
  • Re: Poll: Spacing children

    Canadian psychiatrist Elliott Barker recommends a minimum of three years because those years are critical for adequate nurturing. When a new sibling arrives, the first child is unable to receive the full time and attention he needs. In his article The Critical Importance of Mothering he states that ...
    Posted to Polls (Forum) by janhunt on 12-31-2006
  • Re: Filial ingratitude

    Unfortunately, I think that whenever we resist what our parents taught us, they see it as rebellion. My husband is a great daddy and I credit his parents for this. That said, I was raised Catholic but before the birth of my son I converted to Judaism. My mother has accepted this decision, but in her...
    Posted to Family & Relationships (Forum) by BrooklynMama on 12-18-2006
  • Filial ingratitude

    My own parents are great folks and did a great job of raising me, which is why I am the indisputably wonderful person I am today. But my wife and I have, of course, made some choices about our own children that differ from the ones my parents made with me and my sister. Two come to mind. The first is...
    Posted to Family & Relationships (Forum) by Peter on 12-17-2006
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