Parenthood

My First Princess Party

Pamela Paul | Posted 03.31.2008 | Living

Read More: Peggy Orenstein, Parenting, Tweens, Million Dollar Babies, Princesses, Rachel Kramer Bussel, Inc., Parenthood, Girls, Princess Party, Toddlers, Girls and Princesses, Feminism, Living News
Pamela Paul

What gets me riled about the whole princess situation is less the feminist dilemma over iffy role models (though feminist I am), and more the concerted sales effort of the princess marketing machine.

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Parenting As Competitive Sport

Ann Handley | Posted 03.21.2008 | Living

Read More: Toys, Competition, Parenting, Childhood, Children, Parents, Parenthood, Living News
Ann Handley

I'm not sure whether marketers need to lighten up on parents, or parents need to lighten up on themselves. But either way, someone has to lighten up on childhood.

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Punished for Being Pregnant

Pamela Paul | Posted 03.20.2008 | Living

Read More: Women in the Workplace, Motherhood and Work, Gender Discrimination, Working Mothers, Pregnancy, Motherhood, Work-Life Balance, Discrimination Against Mothers, Parenting, Feminism, Momsrising, Parenthood, Maternal Profiling, Single Mothers, Work, Moms Rising, Sexism, Discrimination, Living News
Pamela Paul

There's a lot governments and corporations and individual bosses need to do to fix this maternal profiling mess. But it's time women (and come on, men, too) started getting angry, loudly, about it.

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Freshly Mown Grass -- The Legal Kind

Cheryl Saban | Posted 03.06.2008 | Living

Read More: Freedom, Parenthood, Childhood, Nature, Parenting, Living News
Cheryl Saban

It's up to us as parents to give our children a grace period -- the freedom from burdensome worries so they can develop a healthy respect for the beauty of life.

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A Major, Yet Blindingly Obvious, Insight That Has Boosted my Happiness (And Also Stopped My Daughter's Tantrums)

Gretchen Rubin | Posted 02.08.2008 | Living

Read More: Efficiency, Daily Life, Tantrums, Parenthood, Happiness, Living News
Gretchen Rubin

Take the time to pinpoint the actual source of the problem, and you may be astonished at how simple a solution might be.

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Check out my happiness-project movie! A one-minute story about -- what else? -- how I learned to be happier.

Gretchen Rubin | Posted 02.01.2008 | Home

Read More: Daily Life, Present, Parenthood, Happiness, Home News
Gretchen Rubin

I'm very excited. Today, my internet movie, The Years Are Short, launched! I hesitated to do this movie. Then I remembered all my resolutions: "Pus...

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Have You Ever Had to Struggle to Resist Buying Some Enticing Gewgaw as a Surprise for Your Child?

Gretchen Rubin | Posted 01.25.2008 | Living

Read More: Daily Life, Money, Children, Choice, Spending, Parenthood, Happiness, Living News
Gretchen Rubin

It's so easy to make the mistake of thinking that if you have something you love, or if there's something you want, that you'll be happier with more of it.

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