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Do Celebrity Moms Make You Feel Like a Failure?

by the editors at Parenting.com, Posted Nov 19th 2010

Six kids? Check. Hot partner? Check. Ability to make other moms feel inferior? Check. Credit: AFP/Getty Images

Parenting is so hot in Hollywood ...Celebs -- they're just like us! Only they're not.

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Opinion: Banning Circumcision is Totally Nuts

by Amy Hatch, Posted Nov 19th 2010

Lloyd Schofield is on a mission to ban circumcision. Credit: Facebook

Lloyd Schofield wants to stop parents in San Francisco from forcibly ...It's not OK to legislate what we do or do not do to our bodies or the bodies of our children.

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Free-Range Lenore

Of Cops and Kids and Chess (and Cupcakes)

by Lenore Skenazy, Posted Nov 18th 2010

You're busted! Those were the words heard recently by two groups of individuals who, rather than being dinged by the cops, probably deserved some ...Grown men are banned from playing chess in the park and kids are barred from selling cupcakes -- all in the name of safety.

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A View From The Homefront

Breast-Feeding Prompts Bipartisan Moment

by Rachel Campos-Duffy, Posted Nov 17th 2010

My first night in Washington, D.C., for my husband Sean's Congressional Freshman Orientation, involved a lovely reception and dinner in Statuary Hall. ...Nancy Pelosi and Rachel Campos-Duffy might have wildly different political views, but they do share one important bond: Motherhood.

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Parenting Websites Perpetuate Myths of Postpartum Depression

by Katherine Stone, Posted Nov 17th 2010

I like parenting and "mommy" websites. I love ParentDish (bias, anyone?) and I enjoy checking out all of the other sites as well. I follow them on ...Why is the media perpetuating the myth that moms with PPD are murderous villains who are not to be trusted?

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Why We Love a Royal Wedding

by Lesley Kennedy, Posted Nov 16th 2010

Kate Middleton and Prince William pose for the media at St. James's Palace in London on Nov. 16, 2010, after they announced their engagement. The ...I freely concede that a grown woman carrying a torch for fairy tale romances isn't exactly cool, but there's just something about the romance, the adversity and, of course, the fashion of it all that warrants a special spot for all those stories on our living room bookshelf.

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Nervous Breakdown? When You're a Single Parent, That's Just Not an Option

by Dori Hartley, Posted Nov 9th 2010

Illustration by Dori Hartley

My 12-year-old daughter is finally at the age where, if I have to make a quick run to the store, I can leave her ...When I leave, I say my "Single Parent Prayer," which sounds something like, "Please don't let me get killed while I'm outside. Or, at least, if I do get killed, let me come back from the dead to protect my child. Thanks."

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Transracial Adoption Leads to Stares: How One Mother Deals

by Ilie Ruby, Posted Nov 4th 2010

Ilie Ruby and her three children. Credit: Ilie Ruby There is a natural curiosity about a Caucasian woman holding the hands of three African ...There is a natural curiosity about a Caucasian woman holding the hands of three African kiddos at a Chinese restaurant.

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