Trend Alert: Kids Getting Brazilian Waxes?

My first thought when I read that little girls were getting Brazilian waxes was what exactly is being waxed off?

Then I read a little deeper - these are girls of ten and eleven. So again, I’ve got to ask: what is being waxed off? Continue reading »

The Boyfriend Jean is for Toddlers?

They’re too young to actually have boyfriends, but your four-year-old daughters can now have a pair of boyfriend jeans!

Because you really want to think about a boy getting into your pre-schooler’s pants, right? Continue reading »

Pink Tape Just for Girls And Other Strange Sexisms

Underwear. A potty seat with or without the splash guard. There are some things that are made to be marketed to separate genders.

And then there’s bubblegum pink tape made “just for girls.” Because nothing says girl’s best friend like her school supplies? Continue reading »

U.N. Wants to Teach 5-Year-Olds About Masturbation

Pull out the toys and get your lotion ready! The United Nations has a new report out suggesting kids as young as five need to be taught about masturbation.

Officially it’s UNESCO, the United Nations Economic, Social and Cultural Organization which issued the report meant to encourage sex education for kids. Not suprisingly, social conservatives are up in arms.  Continue reading »

15 Breast-Feeding Myths Explained

It seems just uttering the word “breastfeeding” and emotions flare. When should you stop? How much is too much? What will it do to your breasts? Whether you’re staunchly pro BF’n or think the boob is getting pushed a little hard, it doesn’t hurt to clear up the misconceptions with help from Cookie Magazine.

MYTH #1: Breast-feeding is easy. FALSE Continue reading »

Russian Mothers Auction Off Daughters’ Virginity

And you thought your mom was bad. A set of mothers have reportedly been detained by Moscow police for attempting to sell off their daughters’ virginity on the Internet.

The girls were only thirteen and sixteen, and the auction was doing brisk business before it was shut down.  Continue reading »

The Top 10 Weirdest Things Said to Pregnant Women

5. This old lady at Target looked at me and shook her head. She said, “You young girls need to see there are other things to do in the winter, and you won’t end up in your situation.” I told her I was in my mid 20s and had been married for 3 years and that my “situation” was actually a blessing!

It’s nice when geriatric strangers walk up to you and call you a harlot.

Recently iVillage asked readers to respond to the question, “What’s the weirdest, rudest or most oblivious thing anyone has said to you while you were pregnant?” The top answers ranged from baffling, to TMI to creepy. Continue reading »

WNBA Team is Protecting Your Kids from Kissing AND Lesbians

A WNBA team has decided my kid needs to be protected from lesbians and kissing. And maybe a little bit of both.

Note to self: put a call in to the gay community to rustle up some liplocking lezzies stat. Then we’re off to a Washington Mystics game, my child in tow! Continue reading »

Mom Questions Porn Star Sister’s Tuition Donations

If only I could be in this kind of predicament: a woman wrote a letter to Dear Abby this week asking if she had to accept her sister’s money to pay her kids’ college tuition.

Turns out the sister is a porn star, and Mom’s got a conscience - she doesn’t want her kids reaping the benefits of flicks she wouldn’t let them watch.

Good thing Abby (well, her daughter anyway - the faux Abigail Van Buren’s been gone for years because of a battle with Alzheimer’s, but daughter Jeanne! Phillips fills in these days) had the good sense to pull a Cher a la Moonstruck. Continue reading »

India Introduces New Form of Birth Control: TV

Worried you don’t have the cash to have another baby? Don’t worry, just turn on the TV!

The Indian government is making a push to bring televisions into more homes in rural parts of the nation in hopes that people will be so busy watching the tube they’ll spend less time having sex . . . and making babies. Continue reading »