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The Secret Life of the American Teenager
While out on New Year's Eve, a comrade, knowing I watch a lot of TV, asked me if I'd seen ABC Family's The Secret Life of the American Teenager.
Women's Mags Out-Of-Touch
You know how all the covers of the national women?s? magazines promise they have the secret ingredients to provide us a happier, healthier, skinnier, richer, more organized, better-sexed life? Is it just me or are you also growing weary of reading the same things over and over and over again? All those articles that just by their very existence seem to scream that women everywhere are unhappy, unhealthy, fat, poor, disorganized and under-sexed? It all seems so out-of-touch, or written for a young twenty demographic.
The clothes off our (kids') backs?
At our house, we're really big fans of consignment shops.
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Looks like these parents will never be going out to the movies again.
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Boy, do people get all worked up over the stupidest things.
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Jardine and regulators have expanded their previous round of recalls, after more reports of unsafe situations with the cribs.
Claire's children's necklaces recalled
Friends who get lead poisoning together, stay together.
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It's funny! It's realistic! It's poisonous! The latest lead-tainted toy from the Far East is OKK Trading's Mini-Televisor toy TV.
Toy xylophone recalled for lead
We're starting to think that maybe you should stay away from dollar store toys all together.
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Oh how we relied on Infant Mylicon for our ultra-gassy baby.
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