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New clue shows who's most likely to catch the common cold
Tue Feb 19, 2013
- I have a cold. Can I have $1000?
Duchess Kate's baby bump makes first public appearance
Tue Feb 19, 2013
- With HG, she'll be lucky if she has any net weight gain at all. Most HG-ers are lucky not to have a net weight loss. She may be out of the hospital, but chances are she's still feeling horrendous even with treatment.
Parents not sleep deprived? We beg to differzzzz
Tue Feb 12, 2013
- It's less about how much sleep we're getting and more about what they're doing to us when we're awake. Going by the amount of energy I expend keeping my 1 year old alive each day, I should be getting about 16 hours of sleep at night. 7-8 just doesn't cut it. Nap when they're nappi …
Restaurant's 'well-behaved kids' discount goes viral; mom shares her secrets
Thu Feb 7, 2013
- Good rules! We only had one growing up. 1. when in a restaurant, have impeccable behavior or mom will remove you from the restaurant and then kill you on the spot, revoke your privileges until you're retired, and give you the dreaded talk on acceptable behavior several times in the ensu …
Alabama bunker hostage boy's family is 'holding on by a thread'
Thu Jan 31, 2013
- I'm sure that if every single child on that school bus would have had a gun, this would not have happened!!! Or such would be the logic of the NRA....
Minimalist mom vows to spend nothing on her kid in 2013
Fri Jan 25, 2013
- The only thing I wouldn't give up are disposable diapers!!! Oh, and the booster seat at the table with straps so he can't bail on dinnertime. Otherwise, we do 98% hand me downs already, including toys. I wouldn't feed those "kiddie" foods to my children anyway - they're chock full …
Sorry, but there's no contest: I've got the most beautiful baby
Mon Jan 14, 2013
- Sometimes the cuteness is the only reason you keep them! Babies are such hard work. Newborns are the most fun when you're not the one that just had one, lol. My boys really are gorgeous like their dad, but both of them had their newborn moments when they looked a little worse for t …
NRA blames media, music and more for culture of violence
Fri Dec 21, 2012
- I agree - the level of violence in a society has much more to do with the attitudes of individuals who live there, NOT their access to guns, weapons, violent media and etc.
Obama demands 'concrete proposals' on gun violence by January
Wed Dec 19, 2012
- and the likelihood of one such mob showing up on your doorstep in your lifetime is....? A feeble excuse to hold on to something that gives you an illusion of control over the world. The likelihood of your children getting ahold of your gun and having an accident is much higher.....
Ho, ho, no! Why parents should beware of Elf on a Shelf
Tue Dec 18, 2012
- i've never heard of this elf thing.... my mom didn't need one, she had eyes in the back of her head. she could sense when we were thinking about getting into trouble, before we even started!

Questions & Answers

Grandparents pitch in with cash to help raise grandkids
Both are equally important
- My parents have been so kind and generous. I hope I can do the same for my children when they get families of their own!
Bottled water may boost kids' tooth decay, dentists say
No, rarely. The water from our tap is perfectly fine.
Pregnancy bias is alive and well in America
No
Can toddlers really be bullies? Or are adults over-reacting?
No
Parents should stop obsessing over their kids' happiness -- easier said than done
No. It's natural to want your kids to be happy, and most parents don't go overboard.
Why do men cheat on their pregnant wives?
Yes, somehow it's worse if the woman is pregnant
Have you ever regretted your child's name?
No
Too big for strollers, or too judgy about parents?
Right on! Kids that big should walk.
What's the best age to start having kids?
In your 20s
- Late 20s was perfect for me! I'm still young enough to recover from hyperemetic pregnancies, but old enough to be somewhat stable..
Should restaurants have the right to ban 'screaming children'?
Maybe
- What, these people never screamed as children? Do unto others yo...

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