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Michelle Obama pledges to help working families and military families
This should come as no surprise given that her husband ran on not only the Democratic but also the Working Families ticket, but Michelle Obama wants to help working families and military families. As part of her duties as First Lady, Michelle sees ...
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Part-time parents have it tough
After more than twenty-five years in the business, the shine is definitely off the industry in which I've toiled for so long. And yet, I go to work every morning and trudge through the day, not taking off for Botswana to bum around in an old Land ...Blogger looks for sperm donor online
These days, you can get just about anything on-line. Apparently, "just about anything" includes a sperm donor. I don't know how legitimate this is, but given the purchases made by the Golden Palace Casino, and the recent auctions for young women's ...How can I miss you if you never go away?
When I was much younger, my family used to joke that the perfect husband for me would be an airline pilot. He would make good money and be gone a lot. This would give me plenty of alone time, which I seem to need more of than the average person. Oh, ...
The impossibility of finding a birthday gift
Our daily routine goes more or less like this: I pick Edan up from daycare, then we run around the park, go swimming, explore the Botanical Gardens, or whatever, and then I drop her off at her mom's office. Because Austin's roads get obnoxiously ...Parent vs. Parent: Single parenting
Like Sandy, I was a young, single parent. I had my daughter at 20, and she is now almost 15 years old. With help from friends and family we managed quite nicely for many years, or at least we appeared and felt that way on the surface. There were, of ...
Taking the easy way out
"I want my Mommy!" This is the sound of my 2 1/2 year-old when she's upset, frustrated, or bored with me. Once in awhile it's because she'd like to see her mom, but, even then -- 9 times outta 10 -- it has little to do with actual longing. Rather, ...I know why men leave
You've abandoned your child. You've ruined everything. If you insist on sticking around, you'll most likely screw up, which we'll take as proof that you suck. In every way. Guilt. Guilt. Guilt. Guilt. * * * Shortly after Edan was born, she and I ...This was never how I planned it
In 2003, two college kids got pregnant, freaked out, broke up, and had a baby (in that order). They fought, said nasty things, went to court, said more nasty things, and eventually wound up living a few blocks from one another – parenting a ...
Give dads a break
In a recent article in the Ottawa Citizen, Elizabeth Payne features three stay-at-home dads who've encountered opposition to their parenting that borders on ridiculous. For example, all the moms assumed one dad was just "babysitting" when he took his ...
Reunion (with kids): it's not quite the same
My husband returned home tonight after two weeks of Army Reserve duty. And although it wasn't the first time he'd left me alone with my children, it was the first time since I had one baby on the outside and a full-time, all-the-time, work-from-home ...











