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How Family Holidays Feed Body Image Anxiety

Valerie Frankel | Posted 11.17.2009 | Living

Read More: Thin Is the New Happy, Body Image, Valerie Frankel, Dieting, Mothers and Daughters, Thanksgiving, Hackers, Happiness, Living News
Valerie Frankel

See, I was the chubby kid in the house. My sister and brother were skinny, and encouraged to eat as much as they wanted. But my portions were skimpy.

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Hanging with Motherhood Writer-Director Katherine Dieckmann

Thelma Adams | Posted 10.21.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Manhattan, Women, Women in Film, Mothers and Sons, Motherhood, Uma Thurman, Parenting, Mothers and Daughters, Screenwriting, Parenthood, Punk, Screenwriters, Mike-Leigh, Katherine Dieckmann, Joan Didion, Women Directors, Working Moms, Entertainment News
Thelma Adams

I was frustrated by the absence of movies where a mother is the lead and her issues are the film's main focus, where she is a significant character expressing her soul and existence.

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Middle Lane

Stephanie Gertler | Posted 07.11.2009 | Living

Read More: Growing Up, Relationships, Mothers and Daughters, Living News
Stephanie Gertler

We mothers must bite our lips no matter the temptation... bite to the point of drawing blood.

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The Women Who Are There For Us When Our Mothers Are Gone

Jane Shure | Posted 06.05.2009 | Living

Read More: Mothers, Mothers and Daughters, Living News
Jane Shure

At first she was simply my friend's mom, but as I grew up, with no mother to teach me, Sibby stepped in.

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Lost and Found: Mothers, Daughters and Different Worlds

Peggy Drexler | Posted 05.15.2009 | Living

Read More: Mothers, Working Moms, Family, Mothers and Daughters, Fathers, Living News
Peggy Drexler

For the first time, a new generation of daughters may have more in common with the world of their fathers than they do with the world of their mothers.

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One Foot in a High Heel and One Foot in a Sneaker: A Daughter Nearly Lost

Kyrina McCormick | Posted 03.14.2009 | Living

Read More: Doctos, Seizures, Medical Conditions, Children, Disease, Illness, Daughters, Mothers and Daughters, Family, Living News
Kyrina McCormick

This is not a world for the disabled. My daughter is mentally challenged. She is at the mercy of a number of poorly constructed or outdated programs, but I've become a fierce advocate for her.

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That Night

Stephanie Gertler | Posted 02.28.2009 | Living

Read More: Motherhood, Aging, Parenting, Parents, Mothers and Daughters, Living News
Stephanie Gertler

The boundaries between my mother and me were often blurred: She was my friend; she was my mother. I was her friend; I was her daughter. I wanted to be like her; I wanted to be like me.

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How to be a Better Mother in the New Year

Joyce McFadden | Posted 02.12.2009 | Living

Read More: Oprah, Women's Sexuality, Women' Health, Sexual Health, Mothers and Daughters, Weight, Parenting Advice, Self Esteem, Women's Self Esteem, Self Image, Weight Self Esteem, Weight Loss, Living News
Joyce McFadden

An occasional reference to our imperfection is one thing; an ongoing commentary is different. You might think that little remarks about weight are harmless, but they add up.

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Motherhood Tales: My Little Runaway

Thelma Adams | Posted 01.14.2009 | Living

Read More: Nicole Quinn, Hudson Valley, Running Away, Relationships, Working Mothers, Runaways, Motherhood, Thomas Cole, Parenting, Focus on the Family, Happiness, Frederic Church, Lizzy, Mothers and Daughters, Family, Living News
Thelma Adams

How very dare she? I thought. I couldn't be a better mother than I am, I read child-rearing books. I managed my anger -- not well, but better.

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The Dark Side of Designer "Must Haves"

Colleen Perry | Posted 11.28.2008 | Style

Read More: Sex and the City: The Movie, Women's Self Esteem, Sarah Palin Clothing, Self Image, Sarah Palin Clothing Budget, Sarah Palin Daughter, Sarah Palin 150000, Sex and the City Fashion, Mothers and Daughters, Style News
Colleen Perry

Please don't get me wrong, I am not out to vilify Sarah Palin or her daughter. They are merely pawns in this game of "women and girls need to look good in order to be accepted."

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Attention Parents: Back-to-School 101

Abigail Jones and Marissa Miley | Posted 10.11.2008 | Living

Read More: Jamie Lynn Spears, Restless Virgins, Sex, Sarah Palin, High School, Beverly Hills 90210, Parenting, Gossip Girl, Bristol Palin, Teenagers, Mothers and Daughters, Living News
Abigail Jones and Marissa Miley

High school will be a whole new world for your daughter, including a changing social scene where partying, drinking, and hooking up may seem suddenly expected. You--her parents--can help her safely navigate all of it.

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Lollapalooza Day Three: Here's One Celebrity McCain Can't Link to Obama

Karen Stabiner And Sarah Dietz | Posted 08.13.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Mark Ronson, Mothers and Daughters, Phantom Planet, Kanye West, Nine Inch Nails, Barack Obama, Lollapalooza, Entertainment News
Karen Stabiner And Sarah Dietz

Kanye West's set at Lollapalooza was like the end of Waiting for Godot, but instead of waiting for Godot, we were waiting for Obama, hoping that the rumors about him appearing with Kanye were true.

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Lollapalooza, Day One: When Push Comes to Shove

Karen Stabiner And Sarah Dietz | Posted 08.10.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Relationships, Madonna, Gogol Bordello, Woodstock, Bloc Party, Mothers and Daughters, Neil Young, Radiohead, Protest Music, Lollapalooza, Entertainment News
Karen Stabiner And Sarah Dietz

We're at Chicago's Lollapalooza music festival, two of thousands of sweaty fans with but a single purpose on Day One: To be as near as possible to the huge AT&T stage for Radiohead's evening performance.

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Stand and Be Counted

Karen Stabiner And Sarah Dietz | Posted 08.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Mothers and Daughters, Hillary Clinton, Presidential Election, Kanye West, Nine Inch Nails, Barack Obama, Politics News
Karen Stabiner And Sarah Dietz

Thanks to Obama's introduction of Kanye West at Lollapalooza, even my mother will be there bopping along to "Golddigger." And if that isn't a change, I don't know what is.

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Rock Around the Clock

Karen Stabiner And Sarah Dietz | Posted 07.25.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Wilco, Mothers and Daughters, Kanye West, Radiohead, Chicago, Generation Gap, Indie Rock, Lollapalooza, Entertainment News
Karen Stabiner And Sarah Dietz

I do not belong to any demographic that Radiohead cares about, and Kanye West probably does not know that people like me exist. But that's going to be me in the crowd at Lollapalooza.

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Parenting Gone Wrong: The Best Friend Syndrome

Reuters | Belinda Goldsmith | Posted 04.22.2008 | Living

Read More: Lindsay Lohan, Mothers and Daughters, Moms as Best Friends, How to Parent Effectively, Lindsay Lohan Mom, Lindsay Dina Lohan, Mother Daughter Relationships, Parenting Advice, Living News

There's perfectionist mothers, unpredictable mothers, "me first" mothers and "complete" mothers but family experts say the fastest growing group of mo...

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Inheriting Your Mother's Joy

Oneforthetable.com | Laraine Newman | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living

Read More: The Joy of Cooking, Mothers and Daughters, Living News

I have a 1932 copy of The Joy of Cooking that's being held together at the spine with duct tape. The book, like so many things my mother gave me or tr...

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