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Motherlove

2007-05-13T17:22:15-04:00

Amid the zillions of column inches about what gadgets and bouquets to buy Mom, the endless recipes to cook for her and the long list of books you might buy her on every conceivable facet of motherhood, this Modern Love...

Who rigged the mommy sweepstakes?

2007-05-12T18:39:01-04:00

According to this poll, the most popular moms on television are: 1) Kitty Fornan of That '70s Show 2) Marge Simpson 3) Clair Huxtable (The Cosby Show) 4) Carmela Soprano 5) Marie Barone of Everybody Loves Raymond 6) Brady Bunch...

Career interruptus - two sides to the coin

2007-05-12T16:24:46-04:00

If you are really, truly, mind-numbingly weary of the Mommy Wars, I suggest you refresh your browser right now. If, on the other hand, you are one of those mommies like me, who claims to be skunnered on the topic...

Mama, pass the remote

2007-05-11T16:25:12-04:00

Granted, the middle of the Stanley Cup playoffs is not the ideal time for me to dispute the merits of television. Let's just say that the regular thundering of Don Cherry from the family room and never getting a crack...

Standing up to mean girls

2007-05-04T18:19:04-04:00

Rose loves make-your-own pizzas and pink nail polish and inventing silly games at recess. She's beside herself with excitement over planning her sleepover birthday party. Until the two most popular girls in school announce they're not coming. At least not...

Milk matters

2007-05-01T16:07:56-04:00

Now that the issue of breast versus bottle no longer merits much discussion, new moms have another question to consider: "Your breast - or mine?" Wet nursing, cross-nursing and communal breast milk supplies have gone mainstream. Can there be any...

Making the connection on school bus safety

2007-05-01T13:32:25-04:00

I drove under that sign again on my way to work today. The electronic one straddling the 401 that warns: Make the Connection Seat Belts Save And just like every other day for the past two weeks, I thought of...

Reverberations from Virginia

2007-04-26T11:45:00-04:00

This post has been updated to clarify comments cited in the letter to the editor. Last week, two days after it happened, I hid the newspapers. When four bleary-eyed boys arrived at the breakfast table, only the sports sections were...

Beware the fun-wreckers

2007-04-25T16:46:38-04:00

I hope you aren't thinking that final exams are the source of all that mounting anxiety among the teens in your household. Because pre-exam jitters are nothing compared to the stress that goes hand-in-hand with high school's other spring ritual....

Why must we muddle through the middle

2007-04-23T17:16:13-04:00

A children's advocate I know gets apoplectic every time the subject of a national childcare program is raised. Not just because there isn't one. But because the debate is conducted as if it's only an issue for parents with kids...

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