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An Illinois court is weighing a divorce case in which the parents are at odds with their daughter’s religious upbringing. There is obviously a lack of consensus between the two, and the case raises the question of whether a court can make such a personal decision and essentially determine the child’s religious upbringing.
A best-selling author has announced fourteen is a great age to get pregnant, and society is letting men dictate when women make babies.
Hilary Mantel, a celebrated British author who won the coveted Man Booker Prize, is childless – the result of an illness in her twenties that left her unable to have children. Continue reading »
Helena Bonham Carter’s Daughter Loves Monsters
The Obsession With Shiloh Jolie-Pitt’s Wardrobe Continues
Nicole Richie Takes Sparrow To The Eiffel Tower
Catherine Bell Expecting a Baby Boy
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Alyson Hannigan Is A Cloth Diaper Mom
Johnny Depp and Vanessa Paradis Are Dirty Parents
Naomi Watts Is Charmed – Get Her Necklace Here
Kendra Wilkinson Not Totally Happy With Her Post-Baby Body
Will Katherine Heigl Leave Grey’s Anatomy?
Two is the magic number — at least when it comes to reducing your risk of heart disease. A Swedish study that followed 1.3 million women for as long as 23 years, and an average of 9 and a half found that those who’d given birth twice were at the lowest risk for cardovascular disease after the age of 50.
Those at highest risk Continue reading »
A dad who tried to snap a cute photo of his (fully-clothed) toddler at a mall is angry that a mall cop told him he couldn’t – because he might be a pedophile.
Mr. Mall Cop, repeat after me – anyone can be a pedophile, but taking a photograph of a fully-clothed child does . . . what? Continue reading »
A reader on ChildWild pointed out this week that Boston’s Museum of Science has a policy against letting kids have their own memberships, due to security concerns.
“Security concerns”? Whose security are they concerned about?
Is this another case of Stranger Danger paranoia, or are they worried that someone might pose as my kindergartner to sneak into the bumblebee dress-up corner?
There is, I think, a fine line between wanting to give your child every opportunity you can and going overboard with tutors, coaches, and trainers just because you can. If a child is having difficulty or has a disability, it makes sense to get them help. But can there be such a thing as too much help? These days, it seems, well-to-do parents in New York are hiring occupational therapists to make certain their precious little snowflakes hold a crayon correctly. Before they even start preschool.
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