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Walking in other's shoes
1. If The Shoe Fits
Parenting lessons from walking in someone else's shoes

What do you get when you mix a 5-year-old princess, a 4-year-old superhero, an 18-month-old tomboy, and a husband with too many hobbies? A house full of shoes. If this sounds like a bad joke, it's not [more]

2. How to Celebrate the 4th of July with Kids
History, facts, fireworks and fun things to do

 We're sure you make a big deal about the 4th of July. At least in the barbecue department. (Sales of barbeque sauce surge all over the country the week before the holiday.) But even before that gril [more]

Talk to the hand
3. An Unspoken Parenting Epidemic
Mommy snubbing

As a student, my grades were mostly above average, so why do I feel as though I'm repeating high school sometimes? It's that blasted epidemic - no not the swine flu. The one that seems to run rampant [more]

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4. Making Money on Unpaid Maternity Leave

There are no less than a hundred thousand articles that advise soon to be mommies on how to transition work and prepare your employer for your maternity leave. And with the Pregnancy Discrimination Ac [more]

Sara Bareilles
5. Sara Bareilles to Sing for Music Education
She does it for love

Music has the power to excite, inspire and move children. Planting seeds early is the key to a life-long love of music, which has been shown to help children learn better, have higher self-esteem and [more]

mother and son
6. Five Mothering Challenges We Can All Relate To
The battles, the sleep deprivation, the time for you!

If you're the mother of one or more small children, chances are you've experienced these parenting "joys." 1. The battle to get your children - and/or yourself - dressed, fed, out the door on time. Ju [more]

A baby with a sippy cup
7. Missing What I Didn't Know I Had
A mom laments on her children getting older

When I was in the trenches with three children ages 4, 2 and a newborn, I felt like I was fighting a daily battle just to stay awake and alert. Adding to that fact, I also had to keep three young chil [more]

Money
8. 10 Tips to Financial Literacy
Teach Your Children Well

We are raising a generation of young people who are almost completely financially illiterate. Youngsters have no real concept of where money comes from and many college-age children can't even balance [more]

a baby
9. Holy Mole-y!
Bare Naked Birthmarks

All pregnant women spend nine months hoping and praying that their children will be born healthy and normal. Ten fingers and ten toes is the standard baby wish, and anything beyond that is a blessing. [more]

10. Moms Who Drink: Why and When It's Time to Put Down the Glass
Dr. Toni Galardi weighs in on the trend

As part of our series on Mommy Medicine, we asked Dr. Toni Galardi, a licensed psychotherapist, to give us more insight and a professional opinion as to why so many mothers today seem to be embracing [more]

a daddy blogging with his daughter
11. Daddy Bloggers
Happy Father's Day to some of the best of the best dad bloggers!

Dads. They're really great, aren't they? And they don't receive an instruction book when it comes to parenting either, so there's a lot to learn when a man becomes a father. As a mom, I have to say th [more]

Blogger Beccah Beushausen
12. Blogger Fakes Pregnancy and Infant Death
Beccah Beushausen fooled thousands with her lie

When Beccah Beushausen blogged about her pregnancy and her fetus who was terminally ill, she was inundated with support from the blogging community. Turns out, Beccah was not pregnant and had created [more]

a woman drinking
13. Moms Who Drink: When It Becomes a Problem
Two women share their stories

While moms everywhere seem to be toasting as their tots run about, for some mothers the stress of the day-to-day duties can result in problem drinking. Here are the stories of two of them. Miss Mouthy [more]

a father and his daughter
14. Last Minute Father's Day Gifts
10 Great Gifts for Dad

Dads can be tough customers to shop for. They're rarely thrilled about clothes, they don't often squeal over flowers, and they have enough ties to pave a silk road to China.But have no fear! We've got [more]

a child scolding his father
15. It's Time to Grow Up!
Setting a good example for kids isn't always easy

Shortly after I put my son to bed, I did what I always do after my husband goes outside to get the trash bucket and I'm blissfully alone in the house. I dug out the chocolate brownie ice cream from t [more]

women having a night out
16. Moms Who Drink: Not Happy About Happy Hour
Why I don't think it's OK to drink around children

I heard about a new trend sweeping parts of the country on the television show The Doctors called Mommy and Me Happy Hour. You heard me, Mommy and Me Happy Hour! Here's the sitch. A group of mothers [more]

a family gathering
17. Disasters Can Happen
Be prepared with these tips

No woman ever wants to be the damsel in distress. And while it would be really useful to be able to predict a hard drive crash or natural disaster hitting your hometown, alas we are powerless when it [more]

Christine Trice
18. Moms Who Drink: Drinking Moms Unite on Facebook
OMG! I So Need a Glass of Wine or I'm Gonna Sell My Kids

About six months ago Christine Trice had one of "those" days and quickly set up a Facebook group "OMG! I So Need a Glass of Wine or I'm Gonna Sell My Kids." Apparently women everywhere could relate, [more]

a newborn baby
19. When To Have Another Baby?
The big and sometimes intrusive question

When I was single, people were always asking me, "When are you going to get married?" When I actually did get married, people started asking me, "When are you going to have a baby?" When I gave birth [more]

a  funeral setting
20. When Someone You Love Dies
My children say goodbye to their great grandma

Last week, my husband's grandmother died, and our family traveled to Minnesota for the funeral. This was our children's first real experience with death and funerals, and at the ages of 7, 10 and 11, [more]

a stressed out mother
21. Moms Who Drink: It's "Mommy Medicine"
Coping in a glass

I laughed when I saw a friend join the Facebook group "OMG I so need a glass of wine or I'm gonna sell my kids," and I kept chuckling as most every friend of mine who has children followed suit and jo [more]

GoGirl
22. Yes, Women and Girls Too Can Pee Standing Up!
You GoGirl!

When ya gotta go, you gotta go, and to be perfectly blunt here, we're not men who can just whip it out and point toward a tree, right? Well, exciting news for women who sit while peeing (and yes, I'm [more]

newborn baby and mother
23. "Home Births Are in Fact SAFE!"
Passion fuels both sides of the issue

Janita Pavelka, a 45-year-old mom from Oxford, Neb., had all four of her children at home and would do it again "in a heartbeat." "It was a wonderful experience; calm, peaceful, bonding for my husband [more]

three bored children
24. Parenting Tips to Survive Summer Vacation
And enjoy it too!

What began as subtle rumblings a few weeks ago have graduated to full-blown complainings: The kids are coming home! The kids are coming home! Ten weeks with our kids at home. What are we going to do w [more]

a father and his children
25. Tell Us About The Best Father You Know
We want to hear your stories

Father's Day is coming up, and we want to hear about the great fathers in your life - from the man who raised you to your own husband helping raise your children. What do they do that makes them speci [more]

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