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Feeling Judgy? Have More Kids!

by Kristen Chase, Posted Mar 22nd 2011 12:00PM

You could probably rattle off about 10 hot button parenting issues right now without even thinking. Breast-feeding, vaccinations, spanking, circumcision ... OK, so that's four. But you get the idea. However, these days it seems as though you ...After having more kids, I have way less time to care what other people think.
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The Bigger the Family, the Dumber the Comments From Strangers

by Kristen Chase, Posted Mar 1st 2011 12:00PM

It really only takes a visible baby in your belly for the opinionated idiots to come out of the woodwork. Your vagina somehow becomes a topic of conversation in the line at Starbucks and now your friendly barista knows way more about you than what ...It really only takes a visible baby in your belly for the opinionated idiots to come out of the woodwork.
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Accidents Happen (Or, How I Had 4 Kids)

by Kristen Chase, Posted Jan 18th 2011 1:00PM

When people ask me if I always wanted four kids, I laugh. I didn't even want to have one, let alone four. It wasn't because I didn't like kids. I spent the large portion of my days with other peoples' kids. Come to think of it, that's probably ...When people ask me if I always wanted four kids, I laugh. I didn't even want to have one, let alone four.
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Is Amy Chua's Chinese Parenting Strategy Good for America?

by Kristen Chase, Posted Jan 11th 2011 9:10AM

The last time I spoke to my grandmother was early 2000, just after my Chinese mother officially cut her off. Our relationship was comprised of birthday cards, infrequent holiday visits and reluctant phone calls, forced out of a polite obligation. ...Raised in the Chinese "way," I learned that achievement meant acceptance. And acceptance meant love. And so I did everything I could to get it.
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