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Why I Laughed When My Son Flunked His Midterm
I’m tired. Tired of seeing how so many parents in our culture mess their kids up in two words: unhealthy expectations.
I’ve never understood why parents pay…
Pregnant Women Ask Court to Affirm Their Constitutional Rights
Hospital claims women lose right to refuse surgery when pregnant
The organizations listed below represent tens of thousands of women in New York and across…
Can Breastfeeding Laws Change Anti-Breastfeeding Culture? Virginia Is…
Caption: Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe signs a bill into law on March 9, 2015 that will protect Virginia mothers who choose to breastfeed in public after…
Spread The Word: Feb 4 Is Global School Play Day
Children are designed, by nature, to spend huge amounts of time playing freely. That's how they develop social, emotional, and physical skills, and it's how…
New Similac Video Uses Media-Invented Mommy Wars To Push Buttons And…
Similac produced a new video about the perils of the mommy wars and how ultimately we should come together and stop our battles. I posted the video on my…
Extended Breastfeeding Debated On Huffington Post LIVE – With Jamie…
Mothers who are currently nursing children over four years of age debate their reasons and inspiration for "full term" breastfeeding. Jamie Grumet, the…
Je suis L’ENFANT
Another act of brutality, a series of them, and the world comes together to protest.
To defy. To unify.
People stand shoulder to shoulder in Paris,…
When Children’s Trauma Leads To Terrorism
Photo Frederic Legrand - COMEO / Shutterstock
"I want us to wonder about the experiences of people we don’t like, about the people who do things that we…
Imagine A 3-D World
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On our way to see the latest installment ofThe Hobbit, I asked my 10-year-old Philip and his two friends, “Don’t you wish…
Winter Solstice: A Poem
I return each winter when the moon is full
and the stars shine bright in the black sky.
I return to a quiet place that has been
in the heart…