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"Mommy, Are We Poor?"

Kari Henley | Posted 03.14.2009 | Style

Read More: Consumerism, Youth, Children, Ecomony, Affect of Economny on Kids, UC Berkeley Graduate School, Recession, Happiness, Teenagers, Kids, Featured Contributor, Style News
Kari Henley

The recession is impossible to escape these days, and many families are hugely impacted. How are your children reacting? Do you have stories of kids rising to the occasion?

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Teacher as an Observer

Robert Rose | Posted 03.09.2009 | Living

Read More: Sensitivity, Teacher Observing, Childrens' Needs, Education, Public Schools, Children, Kids, Teachers, Schools, Teaching, Learning, Living News
Robert Rose

Many teachers are terrified of deviating from their lesson plans because they are unable to defend what their intuition and experience tells them to do.

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Passing on the Pacifier

Heather Cabot | Posted 03.09.2009 | Living

Read More: Paci, The Well Mom, Heather Cabot, Well Mom, Binky, Pacifier, Parenting Tips, Children, Raising Children, Parenting, Babies, Mothering Advice, Mothers, Vaccines, Kids, Mothering, Doctors, Moms, Parenting Advice, Parents, Living News
Heather Cabot

I was the one who wasn't ready to let Paci go. Finally reaching the milestone felt really big. It was something so mundane and yet, it weighed on me.

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Court Agrees: Phthalates are Banned From Toys Effective Next Week!

Sarah Janssen | Posted 03.09.2009 | Living

Read More: Toys, Simplesteps, Cpsc, Petition, Phthalates, Children, Personal Health, Nrdc, Raising Children, Parenting, Natural Resources Defense Council, Kids, Health, Children's Health, Parents, Living News
Sarah Janssen

Phthalates (pronounced thal-ates) are chemicals used in many common consumer products, including as softeners of plastic children's toys -- like a rubber ducky.

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Wanna have some fun? - Organize a Furry Disco!

www.mochiads.com | MochiAds | Posted 03.08.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Games, Adventure, Kawai, Balls, Children, Lines, Fun, Disco, Flash Game, Girls, Furry, Anime, Online Games, Mach 3, Kids, Puzzle, Dj, Dance, Game, Fluffy, Cute, Comedy News

In the game world there are nice furry balls, or simply the Furries. They are very emotional by nature and colorful by appearance. The Furries can't stand loneliness and adore big companies, but they are too shy to make friends and get together. And the Furry whose name is Dancus helps them in that. He travels around the Furryland and organizes discos so that the colorful buddies could make friends and have a good time together. Play matchmaker and help the furries find new friends in this cute puzzle game with a great sound track!

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I Want to Get Rid of Tony

Dennis Danziger | Posted 03.07.2009 | Living

Read More: Los Angeles Unified School District, Arne Duncan Education Secretary, Arne Duncan, Chicago Public Schools, Children, Kids, Chicago, High School, Teachers, Teaching, Los Angeles, Students, Learning, Teenagers, Living News
Dennis Danziger

Every day between 12:36 and 1:31, Tony's behavior ties up a good chunk of my class. There's his late entrance. His refusal to sit in his assigned seat. His refusal to read quietly.

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Baby Brawl: Youth Hockey Players Fight Like Big Boys

Huffington Post | Alex Leo | Posted 03.07.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Kids Hockey Fight, Sports, Hockey Violence, Lol, Children, Kids, Funny Videos, Kids Hockey Brawl, Youth Hockey Brawl, Wtf, Youth Hockey, Kids Fighting in Hockey, Hockey, Baby Brawl, Comedy News

This week is chock-full of child exploitation videos, and they're all awesome. In this installment some tiny people with tiny sports equipment whale o...

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Peaceful Revolution: Afterschool For All

Jodi Grant | Posted 03.07.2009 | Living

Read More: Education, Academic, Children, Kids, Economy, Safety, Afterschool, Food, Schools, Afterschool Programs, Barack Obama, Enrichment, Learning, Living News
Jodi Grant

The economic downturn is creating even greater demand for afterschool programs, as families struggle to keep their jobs, take on more hours, or afford basic necessities for their children.

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The Baby and the Bathwater

Meredith Lopez | Posted 03.07.2009 | Living

Read More: Parenting, Babies, Childcare, Parenting Tips, Kids, Hot Baths, Bathing, Boys, Parenting Advice, Parents, Living News
Meredith Lopez

I started giving him a bath every other day, because he has copious neck folds that are taking over his body and no amount of "a quick clean with a washcloth" does the trick.

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Being Biracial and Black in the Age of Obama

Casey Gane-McCalla | Posted 03.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: Dreams From My Father, White, Bi-Racial, Black, Barack Obama, Mixed Race, Children, Heritage, Immigration, Race, Mixed Ethnicity, Jamaica, South Africa, Kids, Identity, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Racial Identity, Parents, Politics News
Casey Gane-McCalla

When Obama was born, it was illegal in 16 states for blacks to mary whites. Today the product of a relationship between a black man and a white woman is the President of the United States.

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The Immortality of the Name

Earl Pomerantz | Posted 03.02.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Living, Jokes, Names, Humor, Kids, Children, Shopping, Grocery Stores, Parenting, Comedy News
Earl Pomerantz

It's fun watching kids learning stuff they didn't know. Grownups are more knowledgeable, of course. But we may not be as knowledgeable as we think.

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My Second Publisher Meeting!

Josa Young | Posted 03.02.2009 | Media

Read More: First-Time Novelist, Publishing, Romantic Fiction, Reading, Books, One Apple Tasted, Novel, Husbands, Book Publishing, Bloomsbury, Writing, England, London, Yogurt, Kids, Typing, Families, Media News
Josa Young

This morning, thanks to darling husband, I woke to find muesli with yoghurt and a cup of tea beside the bed in acknowledgment of my editorial marathon.

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At-Home Mothers & the National Service Track

Barri Gordon Waltcher | Posted 03.02.2009 | Living

Read More: Community Service, Michelle Obama, Volunteering, First Lady, Kids, Children, New York State, Obama Community Organizer, Schools, Parenting, Fundraising, Moms, Mothers, Barack Obama, Caroline Kennedy, Parents, Living News
Barri Gordon Waltcher

The type of volunteering that SAHM's tend to do -- tasks associated with PTAs, sports teams, etc -- is largely viewed as unskilled, with questionable economic value.

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Manic Mommy's Virtual Blog for Blood Drive

Stephanie Elliot | Posted 03.01.2009 | Living

Read More: Blood Types, Kids, Children, Health, Giving Back, Helping Others, Hospitals, Donating Blood, Donations, Moms, Families, Death, Life, Living News
Stephanie Elliot

Giving blood is not painful, and you'll come away from this experience feeling like you've just given someone the greatest most expensive gift: life.

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Family Guys

Jerry Zezima | Posted 02.28.2009 | Living

Read More: White House, Michelle Obama, Pets, Humor, Garage, Kitchen, George W. Bush, Cabinet, Rooms, Congress, Unpacking, Moving, Barack Obama, Home, Cats, Laura Bush, Inauguration, Husbands and Wives, Veto, Tour, Walk, Dogs, Malia and Sasha Obama, Children, Political Humor, Obama Family Dog, Kids, Barack Obama Family, Obama Daughters, Parenting, Obama Family, Humor Politics, Living News
Jerry Zezima

As for the kitchen, you might want to find out what's in your cabinets after you fill your Cabinet. Wives get miffed when their husbands don't know where things are.

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What About Welfare?

Philip N. Cohen | Posted 02.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Welfare, Women, Unemployment, Poverty, Economic Stimulus Package, President Obama, Taxes, Women's Rights, Earned Income Tax Credit, Food Stamps, Women's Issues, Low-Income, Welfare Reform, Women Childcare, Children, Money, Barack Obama Taxes, Jobs, Low-Income Children, 1990s, Income Tax, 1980s, Kids, Childcare, Tax Cuts, Poor, Head Start, Working Families, Families, Politics News
Philip N. Cohen

The present plan includes tax cuts that will benefit even those too poor to pay taxes, and includes $4 billion for child care services for low-income families.

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Autism, Vaccines and the CDC: The Wrong Side of History

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and David Kirby | Posted 02.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Cdc, Autism Cdc Mercury, Children, Kids, Autism Vaccine Mercury, Health, Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Combating Autism Act, Vaccine, Autism, Autism Vaccines, Children's Health, Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee, Vaccines, Politics News
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and David Kirby

Being opposed to vaccine-autism research puts one outside of the "mainstream," a charge which is an ugly lie perpetrated by vaccine industry allies and their blind supporters.

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President Juban Princeling

Meredith Lopez | Posted 02.27.2009 | Style

Read More: Mixed-Race President, Future White House, Future Generations, Fan Letters, White House, Jews, Michelle Obama, Judaism, Children, Jewish Culture, Seder, Parenting, Babies, Barack Obama, Letters, Kids, Four Questions, Cubans in Florida, Florida, Dancing With the Stars, Miami, Passover, Style News
Meredith Lopez

In my letter to the Obamas, I explained that my son is also mixed heritage, like our new president: my baby is half-Jewish and half-Cuban, or Juban as they say in Miami.

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Where Violence Against Women Is Rampant

Zama Coursen-Neff | Posted 02.27.2009 | World

Read More: Papau New Guinea Woman Fire, Women's Rights, Usaid, Women, Rape, Women's Issues, Crazy, World, Children, Forced Sex, Papau New Guinea Fire, Hiv, Obama Administration, Aids Epidemic in Africa, Papua New Guinea Witchcraft, Papua New Guinea, Murder, HIV/AIDS, Witchcraft Africa, Women's Health, Law Reform Commission, Kids, HIV in Africa, Assault, HIV/AIDS Africa, Killings, Sorcery, World News
Zama Coursen-Neff

In Papua New Guinea, research indicates, two-thirds of women experience domestic violence, and 50 percent of women have experienced forced sex.

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The List

Nia Vardalos | Posted 02.27.2009 | Living

Read More: Candy, Lawyers, Americans, Dads, Humor, Children, Canadians, United States, New Year's Commentary, Parenting, January, Gay Adoption, Adoption Within the Us, Canada, Joy, Happiness, Adoption, New Year's Resolutions, National Adoption Day, Kids, New Year's Resolution, The Alliance for Children's Rights, Moms, Excitement, Pro Bono, M&m's, Foster Care, November, Parents, Living News
Nia Vardalos

A common misconception about adoption is that to get a kid you just have to go to another country and be as pretty as Angelina Jolie. As studio executives and movie reviewers have informed me again and again, I'm not.

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Inauguration, Orange

Suz Redfearn | Posted 02.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama's Inauguration, Inauguration Day Cold, Hope, Inauguration Day, Inauguration Day 2009, Obama Inauguration, Jubilation, Inauguration Day Events, Inauguration Day Stories, Washington DC, Third Street, Barack Obama Inauguration, Purple Inauguration Tickets, Barack Obama, Obama Inauguration Day, Happiness, Joy, Friendship, Virginia, Kids, Arlington Cemetary, Being Cold, Inauguration, Florida, Excitement Obama, Obama Inauguration Tickets, Politics News
Suz Redfearn

I have no capacity for standing out in the cold. I was born in Florida. What was I going to do with my two year-old? All our babysitters either wanted to be home to watch the Inauguration themselves, or try to go.

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Obama and the Science of Altruism

Jamil Zaki | Posted 02.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Togetherness, Community Service, Helping the Needy, Emotion, Charity, Empathy, Hope, Children, Brains, Altruism, Helping Others, Martin Luther King Jr., Science, Psychology, Obama Community Service, Peace Corps, Barack Obama, Helping the Poor, Giving Back to the Community, Emotions, Neuroscience, Brain, Martin Luther King, Volunteering, Kids, Service, Giving Back, Evolution, Politics News
Jamil Zaki

Why would we have evolved to feel each other's pain? Two aspects of empathy can help explain this, and the reason that evolution may have selected for strong empathizers in the first place.

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An End to Name-Calling?

Joel Schwartzberg | Posted 02.27.2009 | Living

Read More: Public Schools, Name-Calling, Joseph Lowery, Homosexuality, Obama Joe Lowery, Education, Intolerance, Gay Rights, Cyberbullying, Effects of Bullying, Bullying, Gay, Glsen, Feelings, Emotion, Children, Idiots, Long Island, Emotions, Anger, Kids, Newsday, Sadness, Living News
Joel Schwartzberg

Some will say "No Name-Calling Week" is more accurately called "PC Police Week." After all, an offensive term over the dinner table might be applauded in a rap song.

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Want Your Kids to Eat Their Veggies? Tell Them to Eat Their Barack-O-lli and It Just Might Work!

Donna Fish | Posted 02.27.2009 | Living

Read More: Picky Eaters, President's Popularity, Childhood Nutrition, Barack Obama, Healthy Eating, Healthy Living, Youth Vote, Parenting Tips, Children, Parenting, Healthy Eating Habits, Kids and Healthy Eating, Mothers, New York City, Obama Youth Voters, Vitamins, Fruit, Obama Youth Vote, Kids, Vegetables, Food, Minerals, Moms, Parenting Advice, Living News
Donna Fish

Console yourself that you're amongst the millions of other parents who can't get their kids to eat vegetables. I haven't heard of one case of scurvy reported lately, have you?

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The Obama Presidency and the Triumph of the Single Parent

Jason Notte | Posted 02.22.2009 | Living

Read More: Children of Single Parents, Obama's Inauguration, Ann Dunham, Single Parents, Obama Inauguration, Stanley Ann Dunham, Barack Obama Inauguration, Barack Obama, Children, Mothers and Sons, Mothers, Single Mothers, Kids, Moms, Families, Love, Family, Living News
Jason Notte

Obama and his mother benefited not only from their own unique gifts, but from the willingness of Dunham's parents to assist in the process.

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