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Should You Shield Your Child from Pop Culture?

by Rachel Campos-Duffy, Posted Nov 25th 2009 10:00AM

Should you shield your kids from pop culture? This is a question many parents wonder about these days as role models for children have become increasingly less wholesome. Parents, however, are also susceptible to media influences ...
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Are You Your Child's Role Model?

by Sandy Maple, Posted Jul 16th 2009 2:00PM

Should parents strive for perfection? Photo: sxc.hu
As a child, were you ever told "Do as I say, not as I do?" That little saying is intended to get parents off the hook for any less-than-perfect behavior and dissuade kids from mimicking said ...
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President Obama - A Parent's Best Role Model

by Roger Sinasohn, Posted Jan 21st 2009 10:00AM

Okay, so there's that pesky economy to fix, the educational system to support, wars to be ended, a national reputation to be restored ... Barack Obama has a lot on his agenda now that he has officially been sworn in as President. There's one task he ...
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Miley Cyrus on dressing like a role model

by Sandy Maple, Posted Dec 21st 2007 5:02PM

Miley Cyrus' popular Hannah Montana character may be annoying as all get-out, but the actress herself seems like a pretty nice girl. Unlike a lot of youngsters in the spotlight, Cyrus seems to understand the fact that she is a role model for girls ...
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Posh Spice 'Woman of the Year'?

by Sandy Maple, Posted Aug 11th 2007 3:02PM

Here is what I know about Posh Spice, aka Victoria Beckham: she used to be a Spice Girl, she's married to a really hunky soccer star, she's very, very thin, has a funky haircut and two kids. As far as I know, she doesn't actually do anything other ...
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Moms: Do you have these five friends?

by Jennifer Jordan, Posted Jul 21st 2007 3:12PM

Today I read an article about the five friends every mom needs. It's sort of like the Chicken Soup for the Soul books with respect to friendship. I'd heard of the five friends for every woman and I think every teen but this was new to me. Of ...
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Why the world needs Superman

by Jen Creer, Posted Jul 18th 2006 7:31AM

My friend Susan called me from Oklahoma today, and I told her, "I am working on a post. I am going to call it, 'Why Susan needs to take Henry to see Superman Returns." Well, I would call it that, but you might not know who Susan and Henry are. ...
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