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3 hrs ago | MoreMarin

Parenting with Annie - You need help, Mom?

Just read a cautionary tale in today's Dear Abby . The letter was from a martyra I mean a mother describing how her two adult daughters arrive for Thanksgiving each year expecting the guest-treatment. For some mysterious reason, these "girls" never offer to help their mother with the annual banquet she produces for 20+ people.

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Related Topix: Thanksgiving, Life, Holidays

11 hrs ago | WBAY

Legislation Tackles Parenting, Faith, and Healing

The trials of Wausau parents earlier this year brought the issue to light about faith, spiritual healing, and the role of the State to intervene.

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Related Topix: Family, Domestic Violence (Domestic Abuse), Law

19 hrs ago | Macon Area Online

Welcome to the generation of million dollar kids

Fri Nov 27, 2009 8:23am EST - A girl poses near Barbie dolls at a toy store in a file photo.

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Related Topix: Family, Kids, Toy, Barbie, Adolescents and Pre-Teens

Yesterday | Diablo Magazine

Parenting from the Heart: Preserving the Joy of Creativity

"I want you to draw it for me," children often insist. They protest, "I can't draw a car," a cat, a picture of Ariel the mermaid, or a Batman.

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Related Topix: Family, Stanford University

Thu Nov 26, 2009

Jacksonsun.com

Couple achieve dream through surrogate parent

MEMPHIS - It was their last chance for a baby with her eyes. His chin. Her nose.

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Related Topix: Family, Medicine, Cancer, Health, Cervical Cancer, Cordova, TN

Los Angeles Times

Parenting on the Edge: Why mediating kids' disputes works better than resolving them yourself

Some of us are conflict avoiders. Some of us are conflict seekers. Sometimes it seems as if our children are all conflict seekers and we parents are conflict avoiders - or conflict stiflers.

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Related Topix: Kids, Family

The Herald

PG: A Parenting Blog: How a kindergartener cooks a turkey

Every year at this time, the Herald is among those newspapers that runs the perennial kids' version of cooking a turkey for Thanksgiving.

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Related Topix: Blog News, Family, Life, Holidays, Thanksgiving, Recipes

Wed Nov 25, 2009

Attachment Parenting Blog

Attachment parenting and babysitters

I don't know exactly how we ended up in this situation, but I find that one of the toughest things about being a single parent with three varied age kids we've raised with attachment parenting ideals is that they're not babysitter friendly.

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Related Topix: Family, Kids, Denver Metro, Boulder, CO, Boulder Metro

The Austrian Economists

Has the Hyper-Parenting Boom Reached its Turning Point?

The cover story in this week's Time is " The Growing Backlash Against Overparenting " It's really a terrific piece that features some of the bigger names in the backlash movement .

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Related Topix: Family, Kids

Sky News

Worried New Mums 'Abandoned' During Labour

One in three new mothers is left alone during or just after labour because maternity services are overstretched, according to a survey.

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Related Topix: Family, Entertainment

Tue Nov 24, 2009

Bizcommunity

The Baby Expo wins again in the biggest baby and parenting expo category at the 2009 EXSA Awards

It was top honours for The Baby Expo on Thursday night last week as they won a Best Exhibition of the Year' at the 2009 Annual Exhibition Association of South Africa Awards held at Gallagher Estate.

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Related Topix: Family, World News, South Africa,

The Gaston Gazette

Parenting expert: We are failing our sons

I recently spent some time with a friend who has three children. My buddy, whom I've known since fifth grade, is a college-educated responsible guy who has never failed to do right by his family.

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A Child Grows in Brooklyn

Is Overparenting a oeovera ?

There is a really good article in Time Magazine about overparenting. Is helicopter parenting "over"? "And so there is now a new revolution under way, one aimed at rolling back the almost comical overprotectiveness and overinvestment of moms and dads.

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Related Topix: Family

Connecticut's WB 20

National 'Day of Outrage' takes aim at gun violence, crime in US cities

Residents of a broken north St. Louis neighborhood called Monday for a restoration of hope and dignity, and in Atlanta, the Rev.

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Related Topix: Violent Crime, Family

Mon Nov 23, 2009

Bizcommunity

Baba Indaba triumphs as South Africa's most memorable baby and parenting expo

Hot on the heels of winning a Top Women in Business Award, the SABC Education Baba Indaba team has scooped both Top Exhibition of the Year for the third time and the Gold award for Most Memorable Event at the Exhibition & Event Association of Southern Africa's Annual Awards, held at Gallagher Convention Centre, Midrand, on Thursday, 19 November ...

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Related Topix: World News, South Africa, Africa, Travel, South Africa Travel, Family,

CW33 Dallas KDAF-TV

The Dog Whisperer: Is Cesar Millan the new parenting guru?

As far back as Father Knows Best , television has been an unintentional teaching aid for parents.

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Related Topix: Family, Entertainment, Drama, Television, Blog News, Kids

Courierpress.com

Taking care of self, setting limits important in parenting

Do you sometimes feel as if being a parent is your second job? If so, you are not alone.

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Associated Content

Single Parent Parenting

Being a single parent is never something we foresee ourselves as doing. No one anticipates raising their children alone.

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Related Topix: Family, Kids

Sun Nov 22, 2009

Joannejacobs.com

Overparenting is so over

Overparenting has sparked a backlash , claims Time, which sees a "revolution under way, one aimed at rolling back the almost comical overprotectiveness and overinvestment of moms and dads." The insurgency goes by many names a ' slow parenting, simplicity parenting, free-range parenting a ' but the message is the same: Less is more; hovering is ...

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Related Topix: Family, Kids

Times Online

Disney closes popular parenting sites

Disney has abruptly shut down two popular parenting websites less than 18 months after acquiring them.

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Related Topix: Family

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