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The One Question Never To Ask An Adoptive Parent
Without overstating the obvious, modern parenthood is expensive. The escalating costs of lessons of every description, enrichment classes, summer camp and orthodontia round out an unending list of...
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The Costly Lesson For Parents From The Etan Patz Case
Etan Patz (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Thirty-three years ago today the parents of Etan Patz allowed their 6 year-old son to walk the two New York City blocks to his school bus stop alone for the first...
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U.S. Mother Who ‘Returned’ Her Adopted Son To Russia Ordered To Pay Child...
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The Worst Celebrity Dads
see photosClick for full photo gallery: The Eight Worst Celebrity Dads Dysfunctional parenting in Hollywood is the stuff that has fueled many an acting career, but in addition to indoctrinating their...
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Can $640,000 To Bullied Bus Monitor Make Up For The Tormentors’ Silence?
What’s a heartfelt apology really worth? In the case of Karen Klein, the bullied 68 year-old bus monitor from Greece, New York, whose horrifying encounter with four seventh graders from Athena Middle...
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For The Pampered Tot: A $2,000 Blanket And $800 Dresses From Dolce & Gabbana
Suri Cruise, warm up that black American Express card. Dolce & Gabbana is launching their first children’s wear collection next month offering ‘mini me’ looks that celebrity fans like Madonna,...
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Will Tom Cruise And Katie Holmes’ Divorce Be One of Hollywood’s Nastiest...
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Everything You Need to Know About Life You Can Learn At The Playground
The rules kids learn here also apply to a much bigger sandbox Last week, a friend posted this question on Facebook: “What would the child you were think of the adult you are today?” I was left to...
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Why Is American Girl Rebranding Their Historical Line Without An Asian Doll?
Is American Girl telling Asian American girls their stories don’t matter? Last month, American Girl announced on its Facebook page it would be discontinuing the four ‘friend’ dolls in their popular...
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On the eve of his first birthday, Britain’s Prince George reigns supreme as the world’s most influential toddler. The royal wedding between the former Kate Middleton (it’s Catherine now, thank you very...
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Is Fear-Based Parenting A Boon to Online Childcare Marketplaces Like Care.com?
When I was a first grader in a newly sprouted suburb of eastern Long Island back in the sixties, one day I’d had a enough of the school day and, to the best of my recollection, faked some sort of...
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Why Jessica Alba Just Might Be Hollywood’s Smartest Mommy Mogul
There’s no shortage of Yummy Mummys in Hollywood who have figured out celebrity plus motherhood plus a clever marketing campaign for a family-centric product can equal the beginnings of a business...
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Is ‘Extreme Parenting’ The Next Frontier In Reality Television?
Depending on who you ask, reality television is the guiltiest of guilty pleasures or the eighth sign of the apocalypse. No other outlet has contributed more to that conversation than Bravo and it’s...
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