All posts tagged "parenting"
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People Need To Stop Telling Me My Daughter Is Gorgeous — And Doesn’t Look Like Me
My daughter didn’t look like me. Yet I was told not to worry as babies change so much...
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Mommyish Poll: How Often Do You Take Your Daughter To A Salon?
Escorting tweens to get their monthly bikini wax and overseeing your one-year-old's manicure may be all...
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Bikini Waxes For 11-Year-Olds Are ‘Part Of Hygiene,’ Says Mom
If you happened to miss Good Morning America yesterday a.m., you're lucky. Because I started my day with...
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First-Time Parents Are The Worst
The other day my husband and I were at the playground near our house. Our girls were there,...
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We Tell Girls To Reach For The Stars — As Long As They’re Sexy Too
At the TedxWomen conference today in New York City, author Rachel J. Simmons spoke openly about the challenges...
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Mommyish Parents Plan To Talk About AIDS With Their Kids
Good news coming straight from the Mommyish polls. Stigmas, gaps in sex education, and nervous parents wary about...
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Five Ways To Educate Children About HIV And AIDS
Today is World AIDS Day across the globe, and although some of us were fortunate enough...
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STFU Parents: The Various Types Of MommyJackers, Revisited!
Back in June I wrote a column about mommyjacking, which is the act of hijacking a...
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Generational Differences: I Learned About AIDS In Fifth Grade
The very first time I can recall learning anything about AIDS was when I was 10 years old....
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These [email protected]#kin’ Kids Have Potty Mouths (And They Learned It From Their Parents)
The first time my oldest son inadvertently said the F-word, we thought it was hilarious. And when my...
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Study Reveals One Quarter Of Kids Consider Cosmetic Surgery Because Of TV
Kids spend a lot of time consuming some sort of media these days and given what...
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We Don’t Fit The ‘Infertile Adopting Couple’ Stereotype
When we began our adoption journey we were only 30 years old, the youngest couple in our adoption...
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I Was Adopted Along With A ‘Twin’ Brother
My adoption story is fairly common, except for one aspect: I have a “twin†brother who is also...
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UC Davis Chancellor Apologizes For Officers Pepper-Spraying Students, But Will Not Resign
Many haunting videos of the peaceful assembly of college kids in solidarity with the Occupy Wall Street Movement...
