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April Daniels Hussar
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As BettyConfidential’s Deputy Editor and resident yummy/slummy mummy (depends on the day), April Daniels Hussar is as likely to be found rubbing elbows at events with fellow fashionistas as trolling Target for cheap-chic tees and economy-sized laundry soap. |
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1. What I Like (and Hate) About Sarah Palin
There’s so much not to like about Sarah Palin … why do I find myself admiring her?
Like many people outside of Alaska, the first I heard of Sarah Palin was back in August 2008, when John McCain announced her as his running mate. My first reaction: Smooth move, John. We wanted a [more] |
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2. Don’t Call Me “Mom!”
I’m not your mother.
I can remember so clearly the first time someone called me “Mom.” And it wasn’t my darling daughter Isabella, but in fact, some older photographer guy who simply couldn’t be bothered to learn [more] |
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3. Are You Giving Your Kids the Swine Flu Vaccine?
With so much contradictory information about the swine flu vaccine, making the right choice for our children isn’t easy.
One of the scariest, most difficult-to-decide issues I’ve faced since becoming a mom has been the vaccine question. Our pediatrician told us on our very first visit with our precious newborn [more] |
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4. Down with Yummy Mummies!
The “post baby body” celebrity miracle mommies must be stopped.
OK, that’s it – I can’t take it any more. They must be stopped! The celebrity yummy mummies of the world are really screwing things up for the rest of us. The latest Yummy Mummy miracle – [more] |
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5. A Mother’s Take on the Movie ‘Motherhood’
A mom weighs in on the new Uma Thurman film, and checks in with the movie’s director Katherine Dieckmann.
Motherhood, a film about – yep – motherhood, opens today, Friday, and – despite the fact that it stars the un-disguisably glamorous Uma Thurman, it’s an imminently relatable film. Written and [more] |
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6. Dressing Your Daughter as a Slut this Halloween?
You’re in luck! You have plenty of options! 10 sexy picks for your children and pre-teens.
Halloween can be such a hassle, can’t it? Between putting up the decorations, stocking up on candy and – oh yes – finding suitable hooker-gear for our daughters, why, it’s almost as much work [more] |
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7. Would You Donate Your Breast Milk?
A newborn baby girl loses her mother, and moms come together to make sure she’s still breastfed.
To be a mother is to know fear. Yes — it’s to know love, and joy, and pride and all those life-affirming emotions that make it a worthwhile experience — but on the flip side is the knowledge [more] |
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8. Netflix: A Guide to Kid’s Movies and TV Parents Will Love
For those moments when you actually want to watch something with your kids, instead of stuffing cotton in your ears: 10 picks you can stand to watch without being drunk.
One day in the future, denizens of a highly evolved nation will happen upon leftover airwaves from kids’ TV of today and wonder why … why did we allow ourselves to be tormented? For what grave [more] |
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9. Why Women Stay With Men Who Cheat
What keeps women with the men who betray them? Fear, shame, security – and even love.
David Letterman is only the most recent in what feels like a never-ending string of high-profile guys who cheat. We may say he’s an idiot, and wonder why his wife – as well as all the wives of [more] |
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10. 5 Things to Do While You Wait in the Car
Mommies, make the most out of your “me time” in the car!
One thing I wasn’t prepared for when I became a mommy was all the WAITING that would be involved. I shouldn’t have been surprised, considering the whole preamble to the actual birth is just one [more] |
