All posts by Aimee Ogden
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Science Mom: Your Microwave Will Not Give You Cancer, And Might Even Help Prevent It
No, microwaves aren't perfect--but they're also not the devil incarnate. If your fear of "toxins" or invisible radiation...
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Levi’s CEO Concerned That Women Prefer Yoga Pants To His Expensive, Uncomfortable Jeans
Sales of Levi Strauss jeans are flagging. If that news fails to tug at your heartstrings, you are...
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Your Most Important Job As A Parent Is To Teach Your Kid To Be A Better Person Than You
We can't really change the way we were trained to think - not entirely. But we can shape...
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Transgender Kids Aren’t Confused About Who They Are, So Stop Trying To Tell Them
If you're thinking of having kids, but you aren't prepared to have a transgender child, let me give...
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Assaulting Your Child’s 14-Year-Old Classmate Is A New Low In Overprotective Parenting
The phrase "I don't care who started it, I'm ending it" will be a familiar one to many...
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How To Choose A Pediatrician You Won’t Cheat On With WedMD
A single town (or HMO) can have dozen of doctors available to pick from, and sadly there's no...
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It’s 2015, So Please Stop Holding Mandatory Prayers In Public School Classrooms
Praying is not my cup of tea. But if praying is something you enjoy, and you want to...
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Fining Parents For Having Obese Children Will Solve Exactly Zero Problems
If the government wants to work to lower rates of childhood obesity, there's a lot of ways to...
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Anti-Vaxxers Start Their Own Day Care, Great News For Everyone But Their Unvaxxed Kids
Someone in Anti-Vaxxer Land must be listening to us, because they've finally taken us up on our suggestion...
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10 Things That Need To Be Banned STAT To Make All Of Our Parenting Easier
From removing sexy TV channels to virulent anti-marriage equality sentiments, we're constantly bombarded by stories of parents who...
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HPV Vaccine Is Safe, Effective, And Could Save Your Child’s Life, So What’s The Holdup?
No, getting your child protected against HPV will not send her out in search of the first virus-riddled...
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‘Measles Parties’ Are A Thing Now, In Case You Weren’t Worried Enough Already
Doctors and public health officials in California are warning parents not to take their children to measles parties,...
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Mocking Women For Public Breastfeeding Not Enough Anymore, Now Breastfeeding At Home Is Fair Game
We've all heard more stories than we can stand about women being harassed or reprimanded for having the...
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The 8 Types Of Parents You’ll Meet At The Gym
These people aren't aware that you can't "win" at swim lessons or Mommy & Me yoga. They need...
