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  • Don't Spank Your Kids!

    by Stefanie Wilder-Taylor (Make Mine a Double)The other day I was at Target (shocker!) browsing through an excellent selection of eight dollar tank tops. They were the extra long style which I happen to need since I am in possession of a serious muffin top, yet I insist on wearing low rise pants. So

  • Mad about Mad Men's Season Finale.

    by Meredith O'Brien (Moms in Pop Culture & Politics) *Warning, spoilers ahead from the Mad Men season finale.*

  • Would You Rather Have Love or Money?

    by Leslie Morgan Steiner (Two Cents on Working Motherhood)

  • It is Time to Man Up!

    by Risa Green (Tales from the Mommy Track) I was standing in line at the market this morning when the cover of Newsweek caught my eye. Man Up! was the headline, with an image of a well-built, shirtless man facing away from the camera, holding a little boy in his arms. The subtitle was The Tradition

  • Ines Sainz versus the Jets: Should Female Sports Reporters Really Conduct Locker Room Interviews?

    by Meredith O'Brien (Moms in Pop Culture & Politics)Twenty years ago, a reporter for the Boston Herald walked into the New England Patriots' locker room and was confronted by a naked player asking her, according to media reports, "Is this what you want? Do you want to take a bite out of this?" A cou

  • Would You Take Your Kids to Vegas?

    by Abby Margolis Newman (Saving One Teen at a Time) "What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas" is a familiar phrase. I remember another saying from my childhood, displayed on a poster by my anti-Vietnam-war parents circa 1970: "War is not healthy for children or other living things."

  • How to Ground Your Kid in Cyberspace.

    by Leslie Morgan Steiner (Two Cents on Working Motherhood) I have a 13 year old son. His priorities in life are (in this order)

  • Would You Let Your Teen Get a Tattoo?

    by Kristy Campbell (Saving One Teen at a Time) My girlfriend sent me a message on Facebook: "I can't believe you let Katie get a tattoo!" My friend has small kids all under the age of 10, so I understood her shock. My reply was simple: I didn't let her. I didn't even approve…but I did support her

  • How to Handle Kids' Tough Questions.

    by Leslie Morgan Steiner (Two Cents on Working Motherhood) Most of us have heard educators' maxim that kids lose one to three months of academic learning during summer vacation. But in contrast to this "summer learning loss," moms know another dirty little secret about summer: kids pick up a whole

  • C-Section: An Imperfect Delivery?

    by Stefanie Wilder-Taylor (Make Mine a Double) My sister-in-law just had a baby and she had four hours of labor, pushed for one hour (with seven minutes between contractions so she could rest) while talking to her doctor and holding her husband's hand, and her beautiful baby boy slid out like a tin

  • Why is Arranging Childcare the Mom's Responsibility?

    by Leslie Morgan Steiner (Two Cents on Working Motherhood)My children are 13, 11 and 8. In other words, practically grown-ups. Finding daycare, nannies, and babysitters is a distant memory. Actually, more like a nightmare. Wait lists, reference checks, interviews, worries about missing pick-up or a

  • Do the Real Housewives Have a Drinking Problem?

    by Stefanie Wilder-Taylor (Make Mine a Double) When I quit drinking I swore I wasn't going to become one of those people who accuse everyone who ever has a sip of wine of being an alcoholic. First off, there are plenty of people who drink a lot -even daily -multiple servings -but don't have a drink

  • Mom Knows the Best Reads.

    by Risa Green (Tales from the Mommy Track) My new book, The Secret Society of the Pink Crystal Ball, comes out this week (yay!), and I've been spending every free second I have (which has totaled about seven over the course of the last month) trying to promote it. But it's a tricky thing, trying to

  • What Does Your Babysitter Think of You?

    by Leslie Morgan Steiner (Two Cents on Working Motherhood) Have you ever looked at your life through your babysitter's eyes?

  • Suck it, Gisele!

    by Stefanie Wilder-Taylor (Make Mine a Double) So I recently became aware of the comments that supermodel Gisele Bundchen made to Harper's Bazaar UK about breastfeeding: "Some people here think they don't have to breastfeed, and I think, 'Are you going to give chemical food to your child, when they

  • Everything is Urgent.

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  • Part-Time Parenting: Are You a "Weekend Mother?"

    by Leslie Morgan Steiner (Two Cents on Working Motherhood) Good god, sometimes I don't know whether I can take the mommy wars anymore.

  • The Art of (Toddler) Negotiation.

    by Stefanie Wilder-Taylor (Make Mine a Double) Two year-olds do this thing where they really seem to be listening, talking it all in, just getting you. And then they pull the old switcheroo. "I know you want ice cream, Sadie," I say. "But first we have to have breakfast, which by the way is the mos

  • Moms Rule the Boardroom.

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  • Get into the Right Preschool for Your Child.

    by Jenifer Wana