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Good Parenting Skills: 7 Research-Backed Ways to Raise Kids Right
I’ve posted about the research behind happy families and solid marriages, but what does science say about good parenting skills? MoreCurfew Starts in Ferguson, Some Defy Order NBC NewsGovernor Declares...
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Yes, Mila Kunis, WE Are Pregnant
The road to completing our family was fraught with four years of bad luck and emotional torment. So when we finally got a positive pregnancy test and then made it to the 12-week mark, you know what I...
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Yes, You Could Forget Your Kid in the Car—I Did
“Oh my God, what a horrible parent. I would NEVER let that happen!” MoreCurfew Starts in Ferguson, Some Defy Order NBC NewsGovernor Declares State of Emergency, Issues Curfew in Ferguson NBC NewsFeds...
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Why Organic Is the Right Choice for Parents
A poll out last week from the Organic Trade Association found a sharp decrease in parents who say price is a key factor limiting their organic purchases. “Parents in charge of the household budget...
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HIV Did Not Stop Me From Having a Biological Child
On Monday, April 15, 2013, at 8:00 a.m., my life changed forever. My wife, Kasiah, and I welcomed our first child, a healthy girl named Finley Elizabeth Banks, into this world. She was perfect. But the...
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Mending the Rift Between Obama and Catholics
The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and President Barack Obama have had a rocky relationship over the past six years, with perhaps no issue more contentious than the Health and Human Services...
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ADHD in Adulthood: To Prepare for a New Baby, I Had to Prepare My Mental Health
This fall I’m expecting the birth of my second child, a daughter. Over the past months she’s grown from the size of a kumquat, to the size of a banana, and recently achieved the esteemed gradation of...
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The Costs of Bringing Up Baby
MoreLooking at ‘Rich and Poor,’ 37 Years LaterInside the ‘Pay What You Want’ MarketplaceThe Cost of Raising a Second Baby (Who’s Not a Prince)One of the first things you find out as an expecting parent...
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What We Can Learn From the Lena Dunham Debacle
This story originally appeared on xoJane.com. I know, I know: you’re already tired of the Lena Dunham conversation. I can’t blame you. It has been a seemingly endless conga line of vitriolic,...
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The 3 Comments Adoptive Parents Hate To Hear
I am at the grocery check out line with my four-year-old son, and the cashier says: “Your son is so beautiful.” “Thank you, we think so too,” I reply as I note her observing my blonde hair, blue eyes,...
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