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  • Should Tantrums be Diagnosed as Mental Disorders?

    By Madeline HollerBabble/StrollerderbyThe American Psychiatric Association has proposed dozens of changes - including pathologizing some temper tantrums - in its first attempt in 15 years to overhaul its diagnostic manual.

  • New Year's toast: Did your kids join in?

    By Madeline HollerStrollerderby/BabbleWhen you pour the bubbly tonight to ring in the New Year, will your kids get a glass? Or are you more Captain von Trapp-ish in your parenting, denying even those 16 going on 17 from a taste of champagne in celebration?

  • Many pantry staples contain BPA

    By Madeline HollerStrollerderby/BabbleCampbell's chicken noodle soup. Del Monte green beans. Star-Kist tuna. Juicy Juice.

  • Is it Fair to Call a C-Section Rape?

    By Madeline HollerStrollerderby/BabbleRachael Larimore was raped years ago and survived. More recently, she has given birth three times, all of them via c-sections. Considering her history and experiences, she's unsympathetic toward Arizona mom Joy Szabo and others who equate forced c-sections with

  • Where do parents fit in the childhood obesity puzzle?

    By Madeline HollerStrollerderby/BabbleFormer New York Times food critic and professional fat guy Frank Bruni asks in a recent Times piece what role parents play in raising unfat kids. Should they closely monitor every meal and snack, or let kids make their own choices? Should parents speak up about

  • Is this girl's food fight with the Obamas fair?

    By Madeline HollerStrollerderbyA Florida girl is now the poster child for an effort to get more nutritious lunches in the nation's schools. The face of Jasmine Messiah, 8, will appear in posters all over D.C. as a part of the Healthy School Lunches campaign's effort to lobby Congress.

  • Barbie gets tattooed!

    By Madeline HollerStrollerderbyThe Virginia state lawmaker who wants to outlaw Barbie is going to lose his mind when he finds out about this: Barbie's got a tattoo!

  • Was the crack baby angst overblown?

    By Madeline HollerStrollerderby/BabbleOne of the big news stories in the 80s and 90s was about crack babies -- kids whose addict moms continued using during pregnancy and after. The babies -- crack babies -- were born with varying amounts of the drugs in their systems. Much hand-wringing (and social

  • Did you give your son a criminal's name?

    By Madeline HollerStrollerderby/Babble I KNEW we should have gone with Michael!

  • Separate planes: sensible idea or touch of the crazies?

    Madeline HollerStrollerderby/BabbleBack before I had kids, a friend told me how her parents, who traveled frequently overseas, always booked separate flights. If one of the planes went down, they reasoned, their children wouldn't be orphans.

  • About gay marriage ... our kids will fix it

    I sort of can't tell you how little my marriage means to me. My husband? Oh, he means the world to me. Our little committed family? Truly, the greatest thing I have. But the marriage? Enh. I'm just not one to count on paperwork and words and ceremonies and stuff like that to shape my personal life.

  • Six-point summer survival guide for bad (and cheap) parents

    There are but three things that truly separate the good parents from the bad: June, July and August. The good parents call it "summer vacation!" The bad parents? We call it "purgatory," especially this year. Expensive childcare, camps and aimless driving just aren't options, what with the economy,

  • Neighbors: Shut Your Kids Up Already!

    I think the most frustrating part about raising kids is all the effort it takes to lessen their impact on others. Especially when those others are bitchy (old and/or childless) grown-ups who think 2-year-olds should have already graduated finishing school and developed a personal moral code of silen