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Balanced LIfe -- Make Sure the "Fun" is Fun for YOU

Gretchen Rubin | Posted 11.30.2009 | Living

Read More: Happiness Tips, Leisure, Happiness Project, Fun, Family, Parenthood, Happiness, Living News
Gretchen Rubin

My children enjoy things that aren't much fun for me, so I get my fun vicariously, by watching their fun. But I've decided to try to steer our activities more to things that we all find fun.

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I'm Not A Scientist, But I Play One In My Mind

Meredith Lopez | Posted 11.17.2009 | Living

Read More: Miami-Dade Public School System, Discovery Science Channel, The Elegant Universe, Space-Time, Wormholes, Apartment Living, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Toddlers, New York City Apartments, Sesame Street Toys, South Park, Parenthood, Parenting, Sliders, Living News
Meredith Lopez

I'm not a scientist or anything, but I've seen a lot of movies on the Discovery Science Channel, and I'm pretty sure my apartment is some sort of vortex or wormhole or portal to another dimension.

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Are Womb Transplants The Next Frontier In Fertility?

Politics Daily | Posted 10.26.2009 | Home

Read More: Birth, Infertility, Infertility Treatments, Health Insurance, Motherhood, Fatherhood, New Treatments for Infertility, Future, Babies, Fertility Treatments, New Fertility Treatments, Womb Transplants, Results, Parenthood, Health, Home News

Doctors in Britain have announced that they have figured out a process to transplant wombs that could result in healthy pregnancies -- and they estima...

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Just Say "No" to Adult Children Wanting Money

Don McNay | Posted 10.20.2009 | Business

Read More: Iphone, Kentucky Guardianship Administrators, Children, Cspan, Addictions, Big Money, Roger Ailes, Bad Luck, Parenthood, Reagan, Cnbc, Injury Settlements, Lexington KY, 401k, Richmond Ky, Morning in America, Ncaa Basketball, Strippers, McNay Settlement Group, Inheritances, Rumeal Robinson, Tough Love, Bankruptcy, Retirement, Retired and Broke, Medical Expenses, Fox Business News, Clu, Just Say No, Soldiers, Enabling, The American College, Million Dollar Round Table, College Tuition, Foreclosures, Ambition, Helen Ford, Frontline, Special Needs Children, John Prine, Miami News Times, Ohio University, Budgeting, Msnbc, Failure to Launch, Financial Crisis, Aarp, Senior Citizen Bankruptcy, Personal Finance, Newsweek, Balanced Life, Msfs, Borrowing Money, Lotteries, Chfc, Foster Children, Kentucky, Don McNay, NBA Basketball, www.mcnay.com, Structured Settlements, www.donmcnay.com, Mortgage, Vanderbilt University, Eastern Kentucky University, Fox News, University of Michigan, Afghanistan, Mooching, Cssc, Caddilac, Business News
Don McNay

You are not doing your children any favors by not allowing them to grow up. I'm OK with parents helping children through college (in four years, not forty), but after that they are on their own.

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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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Lauren Graham Replaces Maura Tierney In 'Parenthood'

AP | Posted 10.12.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Television, Maura Tierney, Parenthood, Maura-Tierney-Cancer, Lauren Graham, Entertainment News

NEW YORK — NBC Universal is confirming that Lauren Graham has joined the cast of NBC's upcoming series "Parenthood." Graham, best known from th...

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Maura Tierney Dropping 'Parenthood' For Cancer Treatment

AP | FRAZIER MOORE | Posted 11.10.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Maura-Tierney-Sick, Maura-Tierney-Tumor, Maura Tierney, Maura Tierney Cancer, Parenthood, Entertainment News

NEW YORK — Maura Tierney says she is dropping out of the new NBC series "Parenthood" to continue her treatment for breast cancer. In a statemen...

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Balanced Life -- 8 Items To Carry When Traveling With Kids

Gretchen Rubin | Posted 09.27.2009 | Living

Read More: Travel, Children, Packing, Parenthood, Happiness, Travel With Kids, Gretchen Rubin, Kids, Luggage, Vacation, Parenting, Parents, Living News
Gretchen Rubin

Every Wednesday is Tip Day. This Wednesday: Eight tips for what to carry when you travel with kids. In general, I aim to travel light, but I've learn...

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Mommy Profiles: The Surgeon

Juliet Linley | Posted 09.10.2009 | Living

Read More: Motherhood, Work-Life Balance, Parenting, Women and Work, Mothering, Parenthood, Living News
Juliet Linley

Dr. Fabiola, London-based eye surgeon: "Spend those first years close to your child. If you miss that period with your child, you will never have a second chance."

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Maura Tierney Mystery Illness Delays 'Parenthood'

hollywoodreporter.com | Posted 08.11.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Maura Tierney Sick, Television, Maura Tierney, Parenthood, Maura Tierny Illness, Entertainment News

The production start has been postponed for eight weeks to late September "due to medical evaluation that (Tierney) is undergoing," NBC said. "We are ...

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Parenting to Blame for Jon and Kate's Split

Vanessa Richmond | Posted 07.25.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Jon and Kate Divorce, Jon and Kate, Jon Gosselin, Jon and Kate Plus 8, Kate Gosselin, Gisele Bundchen, Matthew McConaughey, Angelina Jolie, Parenting, Jill Lepore, Sarah Jessica Parker, Parenthood, Entertainment News
Vanessa Richmond

The public have bought the idea that they are essentially a danger to their own kids and better pay money for advice; that they'd better try really hard to do a good job; and they'd still inevitably fail.

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Would You Share Your Child Online?

Ari Herzog | Posted 07.23.2009 | Living

Read More: Security, Pictures, Children, Privacy, Blogging, Parenthood, Living News
Ari Herzog

Be honest with your child about what you post, and where. Listen to them when they are old enough to understand, and let them choose whether or not you post things.

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Reflections of Dad

Cheryl Saban | Posted 07.21.2009 | Living

Read More: Father's Day, Gratitude, Memories, Fathers, Fatherhood, Parenting, Parenthood, Living News
Cheryl Saban

We shouldn't wait until Father's Day to ponder the impact our dads have on our lives, but time slips by, doesn't it? We don't always reserve much of it to appreciate the contributions our loved ones make.

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Remembering My Father

Alec Baldwin | Posted 07.21.2009 | Living

Read More: Fatherhood, Parenting, Father's Day, Fathers, Parenthood, Living News
Alec Baldwin

As a father, he was tough and uncompromising. My brothers and I knew that any missteps of ours carried inevitable consequences. But he was also more selfless and thoughtful than anyone I have known.

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Please Quit Drooling Over My Daughter

Lisa Earle McLeod | Posted 07.20.2009 | Living

Read More: Lisa Earle McLeod, Forget Perfect, Beauty, Finding Grace, Teenagers, Parenting, Parenthood, Living News
Lisa Earle McLeod

It's odd and a bit unsettling to see your sweet daughter reflected in the eyes of men. Just as it's odd to realize that the world now looks at you in a different way.

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The Human Bomb (Happy Father's Day?)

John DeBellis | Posted 07.19.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Childbrith, Dads, Children, Kids, Ex Wives., Parenting, Babies, Father's Day, Seniors, Parenting Advice, Family, Fathers, Parents, Parenthood, Daddy, Comedy News
John DeBellis

Personally, if I were a woman I wouldn't breast-feed a child. I don't think they're emotionally mature enough to appreciate it.

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'Parenthood' Reborn For NBC Primetime

AP | LYNN ELBER | Posted 06.04.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Steve Martin, Nbc, Television, Ron Howard, Maura Tierney, Peter Kraus, Parenthood, Entertainment News

LOS ANGELES — The 1989 movie "Parenthood" is going to be reborn as an NBC TV series. According to people familiar with NBC's plans, the "Parent...

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Nora O'Brien, NBC Executive, Dies On "Parenthood" Set

AP | Posted 05.31.2009 | Media

Read More: Nbc, Parenthood, Nora O'Brien, Media News

NEW YORK — NBC Universal says Nora O'Brien, its executive in charge of drama programming, has died. Spokesman Curt King says O'Brien died Wedne...

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Ten Ways To Be A More Light-Hearted Parent

Gretchen Rubin | Posted 05.17.2009 | Living

Read More: Parenting, Routine, Children, Parenthood, Happiness, Living News
Gretchen Rubin

One of my Twelve Commandments is "Lighten up," and I have a lot of resolutions aimed at trying to be a more light-hearted parent: less nagging, more l...

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More Than Good Enough

Cheryl Saban | Posted 03.13.2009 | Living

Read More: Mothers, Life Lessons, Parenthood, Living News
Cheryl Saban

When my kids face difficult challenges, I catch myself wondering if I've been good enough -- if, as a parent, I've given them the kind of guidance they need to navigate the ups and downs of their lives.

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Girl Scout Cookies

Mallika Chopra | Posted 03.09.2009 | Living

Read More: Girl Scout Cookies, Parenting, Thin Mints, Girl Scouts, Girl Scouts of America, Parenthood, Brownie Troops, Living News
Mallika Chopra

My daughter, Tara, is in Brownies, the precursor to Girl Scouts. I have to admit I was very wary of her joining what I thought was a conservative, all American, clan of secret codes and rules.

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The Morality of Eight Babies or, Sometimes, Even One

Valerie Tarico | Posted 03.05.2009 | Living

Read More: Abortion, Morality, Bioethics, Ethics, Octuplets, Single Mothers, Mothering, Giving Birth, Single Motherhood, California Octuplets, Parenting, Octuplets Born in California, Childbirth, Parenthood, Living News
Valerie Tarico

Abortion opponents have no trouble saying that killing blastocysts is wrong. They don't say blastocysts. They say people. And then they attribute souls and personhood to fertilized eggs.

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'80's Flashback! NBC Orders "Parenthood" Pilot

Hollywood Reporter | Posted 03.01.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Ron Howard, Nbc, Parenthood, Television, Brian Grazer, Entertainment News

NBC has given a pilot order to "Parenthood," a dramedy a based on Ron Howard's 1989 feature starring Steve Martin and Dianne Wiest that centered on a ...

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Five Things Not to Say to a Newly Pregnant Woman

Pauline Millard | Posted 01.17.2009 | Living

Read More: Marriage, Pregnancy, Fertility, Babies, Parenthood, Unexpected Pregnancy, New Pregnancy, Family, Living News
Pauline Millard

By and large my family and friends were excited for me, but the few blips were not only curious, but somewhat hurtful. What is there to gain by insulting a pregnant woman?

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Peaceful Revolution: What Kind of Economic Stimulus Do Mothers and Families Need?

Alexandra Estes | Posted 09.19.2008 | Living

Read More: Economic Stimulus Package, Parenthood, Living News
Alexandra Estes

Imagine what $168 billion could accomplish if we committed to a real economic stimulus package -- one that stimulated parenthood, rather than proposed a fleeting solution.

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