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Mother dies after having triplets
A 40-year-old woman, Debra Smith, died two days after giving birth to triplets in Tucson, Ariz. The story about her husband, Andrue, first ran on KVOA News 4 with its story and video. CNN picked up...
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Hi there, I’m AdventureDad and you might know me from my site or The Blogfathers. Becky has graciously asked me to do a guest post and during her Norwegian adventure. Poor Becky, she’s over in Norway...
View ArticleGentlemanly Conduct
(Guest Post by Todd, The Bullshit Observer. How I know Becky: I’m just another blog-mirer.) New Years day, My 5 year old and I took a break from watching college football to play wiffle baseball in the...
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Books: Rumors of our Progress have been Greatly Exaggerated by Carolyn B....
I just finished reading Rumors of our Progress have been Greatly Exaggerated: Why Women’s Lives Aren’t Getting any Easier and How We Can Make Real Progress for Ourselves and Our Daughters by Rep....
View ArticleBooks: Hold on to Your Kids
I recently read Hold on to Your Kids: Why Parents Need to Matter More than Peers by Gordon Neufeld, Ph.D., and Gabor Maté, M.D. I picked it up because Izzy mentioned it. She said Christina recommended...
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Super Bowl with the Obamas and us
I have a few things in common with President Barack Obama and his family (aside from the whole “leader of the free world” thing). He’s just a few year older than I am. He’s been happily married for 16...
View ArticleMichelle Obama speaks in whose voice?
Michelle Obama spoke at the Corporate Voices for Working Families annual meeting Thursday at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D.C. CVWF also released its report, Innovative Workplace Flexibility...
View ArticleShe’s right here behind the glass, and you’re gonna like her ’cause she’s got...
“Your Dove purchase helps build self-esteem,” says the Dove ad on BlogHer‘s site. No, it doesn’t. “My Dove purchase” helps build Dove’s profits. Period. Dove (or its parent company, multinational...
View ArticleBooks: Reshaping the Work-Family Debate
“Writ small, this book is about reframing debates about work and family. … Writ large, this book is about reframing American politics. Work-family issues have not been placed at the center of an...
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Lost and found
A year ago, my telephone rang at 3 in the morning. It was hospice. We might want to get there now before Mom died, they said in less clear words, which made it harder to snap out of my sleepy haze. I...
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SLBTM: Unilever/Dove’s ‘real beauty’***
You’ve probably seen this advertisement, brought to you by good global citizen Unilever, maker of Dove products and mastermind behind the Campaign for Real Beauty, which launched in September 2004....
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Are you free for lunch Nov. 15?
Who: You. You, too, dads. This is about families. What: Raise Your Voice: Advocating for Better Working Family Policy teleconference. When: Nov. 15, noon-1 p.m. (EST). Where: Wherever your telephone...
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