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The Gay Genealogist: Creating a Modern Family Tree

by Veronica Rhodes, Posted Jul 20th 2011 11:00AM

As hobbies go, genealogical research is not exactly on par with snowboarding -- it ranks right up there with stamp collecting in its total lack of ...I can trace my family's trademark ski nose back three generations but I can't tell my daughter where she got her cute little button nose.
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Picture Daze: How Too Much Comes to Mean Nothing

by Veronica Rhodes, Posted Jul 6th 2011 11:00AM

I think it was the dance recital portrait offer that put me over the edge. For a mere $70, a photographer would take a picture of my 5-year-old in her ...The more you have of everything, the less you value anything.
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Dress Blues: Gay Moms Learn a Lesson On Gender Norms

by Veronica Rhodes, Posted Jun 22nd 2011 11:00AM

"You have got to support me on this one," Em* told me in no uncertain terms. "She has to wear the dress." Em doesn't put her foot down very often, ...Sometimes a dress is not just a dress.
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Oh, Behave: The Word 'Gay' Does Not Equal 'Stupid'

by Veronica Rhodes, Posted Jun 8th 2011 11:00AM

I thought my nephew was a linguistic genius when he said he was "being have." His mother had admonished him about something, and she'd told him to ...This mommy blogger tackles the word "gay" as a substitute for "stupid."
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Parenting On Demand: How Do You Tell the Difference Between a Child's Wants and Needs?

by Veronica Rhodes, Posted May 25th 2011 11:00AM

I'm hungry. Can I have some pancakes? Will you help me go to the bathroom? Can I have a playdate after school today? I want to watch "Scooby-Doo" on ...All the research in the world can't prepare you for the onslaught of wants from a child.
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Teaching Moments: Mystery Moms and the 'Interrupting Chicken'

by Veronica Rhodes, Posted May 11th 2011 1:00PM

"The Interrupting Chicken" by David Ezra Stein
For most of this past year, I had a very intense, life-consuming job that cost me a ...School appearance by two moms raises lots of questions.
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Women's Work: Divvying Up the Chores in an All-Girl Household

by Veronica Rhodes, Posted Apr 27th 2011 10:30AM

The little girl tilted her head to one side and thought a minute. "You do?" she asked. "Nope," I replied. "Em does." The girl shook her head ...Today's topic: Who did what? Who did the laundry? Who killed the bugs? Who cooked?
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Out In Left Field

by Veronica Rhodes, Posted Apr 6th 2011 12:00PM

Baseball season is here, and, like millions of parents nationwide, I have Little League anxiety this week. But unlike most parents, my angst comes ...It's hard not to stand out when you're the only girl on the baseball team -- and you have two moms.
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Coming Out Again and Again

by Veronica Rhodes, Posted Mar 23rd 2011 12:00PM

To be gay is to have a coming out story -- that day when we finally confided in a friend, confessed to a crush, told the family or found ourselves ...Being a gay mom means coming out over and over and over again.
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Gay Parenting: Out of the Closet and In Again

by Veronica Rhodes, Posted Mar 9th 2011 12:00PM

I was delighted when ParentDish asked me to be the mom half of this new column on gay parenting -- reveling at the thought of how mainstream we ...Welcome the launch of our first gay-parenting column. But remember, not everyone is celebrating with us.
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