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"It's not racist! My mother says it!" objected an
acquaintance when I suggested she not continue to use the phrase
"that's white of you"* Why is it that people assume...
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My son Benny was out late last night at a bar in Soho. It's now ten-thirty a.m. and he's spread eagled across his bed, one long leg dangling off the mattress. His dirty bangs hang over his closed eyes, his mouth flutters open and shut as he breathes deep sleeping breaths. As ever, his socks are...
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We're starting our second year of preschool at a school we really like. But we're dreading the fact that this kid we totally hate is in our son's class. I don't really know what goes on in there, but over the course of the last year we've heard an earful from our son...
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Getting to work by 9 a.m.
used to be so easy: the alarm went off at 7:30, and after a quick
shower and a gander at the paper, it was time to go. Add two or
three kids into the mix and making it out the door on time for
preschool drop-off takes the skill of a tactician. While we can't
buy you an...
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Repeat after me,
parents-to-be: have your babies in the wintertime. Do not have a
summertime baby. Got it? Good. Now, if you're already pregnant, and
you realize that you're going to give birth to a summertime baby,
don't panic. It's not too late. Just make sure it's a girl....
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Hi! This is Ada,
Editor-in-Chief of the online parenting magazine Babble.com. The wonderful editor of
Shine's parenting section has graciously invited us to post here
from time to time about any Babble...
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