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The Best Of The Mom And Dad Blogs This Week

The Huffington Post | Emma Mustich | Posted 06.01.2012

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This week in Parenthesis, Jenny Lawson shows that depression can save lives, Mike Spohr is more worried about his daughter fitting in than she is, and...

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The Best Of The Mom And Dad Blogs This Week

The Huffington Post | Emma Mustich | Posted 05.24.2012

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This week in Parenthesis, a dad blogger takes his daughter bra shopping, Katie Allison Granju picks up writing tips from a Hollywood memoir and Ilana ...

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What Mom And Dad Bloggers Talked About This Week

The Huffington Post | Emma Mustich | Posted 05.18.2012

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All in the balance Scary Mommy's Jill Smokler isn't the only blogger currently enjoying a successful book tour: fellow authors Jenny Lawson and Steph...

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Parenthesis: This Week's Best Parent Blogs

The Huffington Post | Emma Mustich | Posted 05.08.2012

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This week on Parenthesis, Amy from Amalah gives us a window into her toddler-dominated morning routine, a DadCentric contributor rails against injusti...

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The Best Of The Mom And Dad Blogs This Week

The Huffington Post | Emma Mustich | Posted 04.30.2012

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This week on Parenthesis, we sympathize with The Didactic Pirate's math homework troubles, ponder the possibility of blogging selflessly with Her Bad ...

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Top 5 Reasons Moms Should NOT Take Sex Advice from Magazines

Jenny Isenman | Posted 04.24.2012

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Mommas, do yourselves a favor, throw out those, "spice it up" pieces and top 10 lists. Don't be too concerned about the quantity of the sex you're having as long as your having some.

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Parenthesis: The Best of the Parenting Blogosphere

The Huffington Post | Emma Mustich | Posted 04.23.2012

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Welcome back to Parenthesis, our weekly roundup of standout writing from mom and dad blogs everywhere. This week, we agonized with The Bearded Iris as...

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How Jenny Lawson Became The Bloggess

Lisa Belkin | Posted 04.18.2012

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Jenny Lawson's voice on the "page" is so different than her voice in person. Which speaks volumes about the role of blogging and the internet in helping all of us have our say.

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Why I Won't Let My Son Join the Boy Scouts

Brittany Gibbons | Posted 04.17.2012

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My 6-year-old wants to join the Boy Scouts, and I know he'd love the Pine Wood Derby and camping with friends. But I also know The Boy Scouts of America has an explicit anti-gay policy.

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The Scary Mommy Manifesto

Jill Smokler | Posted 04.04.2012

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I shall not compete with the mother who effortlessly bakes from scratch, purees her own baby food, or fashions breathtaking costumes from tissue paper. Motherhood is not a competition. The only ones who lose are the ones who race the fastest.

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'When I Looked In The Mirror, I Was Thirteen Again'

Rebecca Woolf | Posted 05.06.2012

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I still call myself a girl. I'm thirty years old and I have four children and one of them is going to be seven in two months and I'm only six years older than he is.

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The New App: How to 'Be'

Nancy Colier | Posted 03.10.2012

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The Internet boom is creating a technological language around what used to just be part of basic human interaction and relatedness. Will we soon need to be advised to say hello when greeting another person, to hug our child when she cries?

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7 Things Mom Bloggers Should Stop Doing in 2012

Bunmi Laditan | Posted 02.21.2012

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As a member of both the mom blog community and PR freak show, I'd like to offer up a few (strong) suggestions for us uterus-using scribes going forward.

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Why Are Toys Selling Out? Might Be Mommy Blog Buzz

AP | MAE ANDERSON | Posted 02.19.2012

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Emily Vanek is not buying up a bunch of LeapPad Explorers herself, but she may be at least partly to blame for some stores selling out of the $99 chil...

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The Movers And Shakers Of The Mom Blog World

CNN.com | Posted 11.16.2011

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Jaelithe Judy has been taking her son with her when she votes ever since he was born. They've been talking about politics since he was 4. Now 7 yea...

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Parents, Have You Joined Today's Parenting Blog-In?

Lisa Belkin | Posted 02.01.2012

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Are there any subjects on which parents can agree simply because they are parents? While the role defines our lives, does it not spill over and define our politics?

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Mom Bloggers: Smarter, More Educated, More Social?

Lisa Belkin | Posted 02.01.2012

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A study shows that Mom Bloggers are a force to be reckoned with. Which ones do you read (Dad blogs, too...) and why?

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What It Feels Like For a Mom

Meredith Lopez | Posted 11.17.2011

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I do not blog because I think that every little aspect of my life and my son's childhood is adorable/hilarious/praise-worthy. If I did think that, then I'd be posting every 10 minutes, not once a week.

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Super Mom: Melissa Lopata

Meredith Lopez | Posted 11.17.2011

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When a woman feels creatively, spiritually, and emotionally fulfilled, then she has the mental and physical energy to be the best mom she can be: a Super Mom.

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