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this is a very interesting subject, and i think one of the most contentious for all young parents. I lived in New York until i was 9 and then my family moved to washington DC, where i spent my late childhood and highschool years. I now live in new york with my pregnant wife and 22 month old son. You...

Hear, hear ... from what I can tell, you're definitely in much better company on Babble. UB feels so down-market these days. Most of my friends and colleagues have either stopped visiting UB all together or don't have the guts to admit ever visiting, even if they had only succumbed in a moment of sheer...

The three of us were sitting on the edge of a fountain in at the National Arboretum that is completely flush with the ground, not even a bump to separate it. Porter was on one side of me, Miles on the other. I saw Miles start to lean forward, so I turned to reach out to grab him. Of course, as soon as...

Perhaps not humbling, but definitely humiliating..... When my son was just starting to speak we had a traffic incident where some choice words spilled out of my husband's mouth. My son, at the time, seemed oblivious. However, the next day while shopping in a very crowded store, my son spied a toy that...

I work full-time nights and have my twin lads Porter and Miles for about five hours each day while my wife is at work. I love this arrangement -- I get to spend much more time with them than a lot of fathers do, and I have lots of new mom and dad friends. My sons are as close to me as they are to their...