Archives for the 'moms and dads' Category
Divorce Penalty
Published on 16 Apr 2008 at 9:14 am.
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You’re paying it. Other people’s divorces and failure to marry costs you money. Or maybe, your divorce or failure to marry is costing us money. $112 billion a year, according to a study by a coalition of marriage advocacy groups. Washington Times:
Leap Squared
Published on 1 Mar 2008 at 10:03 am.
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As Leap mom has Leap baby. Awwwww. Boston Herald.
“I’d really like to know the odds of this happening,” said a beaming Christine Cullen, who gave birth to her as-yet-unnamed daughter at 4 p.m. at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston.
Apparently better than you’d think. Via the ever erudite and observant Robert in comments, special delivery makes […]
Pop Tart Needs Someone Who Cares
Published on 1 Feb 2008 at 7:35 am.
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Filed under moms and dads, Hollywood.
Say the shrinks, as Brits is civilly committed. Boston Herald:
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Staying Tech-Stupid
Published on 6 Jan 2008 at 12:00 pm.
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Does your teen fear the ‘rents are catching up on technology? No worries, says Pew. Scripps Howard:
Gunplay Good
Published on 4 Jan 2008 at 12:52 am.
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For boys. It’s official, from the Brit government to nursery schools. Daily Mail, h/t The City Square:
Staying Together for the Planet
Published on 3 Dec 2007 at 11:03 pm.
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Filed under warmglob, moms and dads.
Never mind that it screws up children’s lives. Divorce is bad for the environment.
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Gutsy, Glamorous
Published on 29 Nov 2007 at 9:47 am.
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Raise your brat in poverty, without a dad … just like the stars do! Eagan at Boston Herald:
Got Kids?
Published on 4 Oct 2007 at 10:42 pm.
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American Academy of Pediatrics recommends North Korean surveillance tactics for the good of you and your family. Michael Graham’s oped at the Boston Herald, on his daughter’s checkup:
“The doctor wanted to know how much you and mom drink, and if I think it’s too much,” my daughter told us afterward, rolling her eyes in that exasperated 13-year-old way. […]
Nurture vs. Neuter
Published on 21 Aug 2007 at 11:03 pm.
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Ecopunk* outweenies Neiwert. Must-read earns complimentary bottle-harness and neuticles:
Manly Man/Stay-At-Home Dad
Published on 20 Aug 2007 at 12:35 am.
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… doth protest a little much about his manliness. Should have stopped at the “low mordant chuckle.”
People who talk about masculinity — especially conservatives, who seem to obsess about it, but in a peculiarly juvenile way — have always seemed a little weird to me … You see, for the past six years, while I’ve been […]
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Happy Procreation Day
Published on 16 Aug 2007 at 8:29 am.
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Filed under Russia, moms and dads.
I admire the Russkies’ spirit, but when you have to bribe people with refrigerators to procreate, you’ve probably already lost the battle:
Fathers Must Be Men
Published on 17 Jun 2007 at 11:27 pm.
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Cassandra gets men. I bet she did in her day, but that’s another matter. She’s got me with this father’s day piece. What a woman.
Pay attention as she gets into the parts about channeling male aggression into honor, gentlemanliness and courage. If you’re a dad, that’s your job. But it’s up to you to figure out how […]
