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Consumerism: A Better Mousetrap?
Today's supermarket aisles are full of innovative new products like green ketchup and purple french fries. What are these people thinking??
By Linda Sharp
It has long been said that if you "Build a better mousetrap, the world will beat a path to your... read more More Consumerism
| Social Issues: Parenting Outside the Razor Wire
What happens when parents are separated by a prison sentence?
By Sandra Ray
Single parents can face some difficult parenting decisions in part because they do not have someone... read more Steal This Child
Is the news media exploiting parents’ fear of child abduction?
By Prescott Carlson
You’ve heard the names. Samantha Runnion. Elizabeth Smart. Baby Jessica. Erica Pratt. Tamara Brooks.... read more September 11, 2006
Five years later.
By Jessica Carlson
Just how the Grandparents and parents of some of us older folks claim they know the precise moment... read more More Social Issues
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Activism: A Call to Arms and Breasts
Are you a Lactivist?
By Stacey Greenberg
When I was in high school, I knew people who stood on the corner across from the mall holding signs that... read more Earth to Mommy
The fall from green grace isn't that far down.
By Suzanne Lafetra
There is practically nothing as hard as caring for a newborn baby, and to have to do it when you are... read more More Activism
| Abortion: Shades of Gray
It's not always black and white.
By Misty Nuckolls
I've avoided writing this for a long time now. Over eighteen months, if the truth be told. But tonight,... read more More Abortion
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Politics: Red Fish, Blue Fish
A view of Conservative vs. Liberal values in America's classrooms.
By Alan Thomas
Clearly, liberal values nurture children to the pinnacle of their potential, while the effects of... read more Dancing Between the Party Lines
Parenting makes it not so black and white.
By Jennifer Cummins
When it comes to politics, it seems that I have to watch where I step when it comes to forming a concrete... read more More Politics
| Circumcision: Cutting Away the Truth
A view on one of the very first parenting decisions -- circumcision.
By Peter Mackey
"Circumcision" is a frightening... read more More Circumcision
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Religion: Religious Intolerance
Just get over it.
By Shannon Kietzman
Religion, on a whole, is quite a sore subject for me. You see, my husband and I are atheists. But,... read more More Religion
| Stay At Home/Working Mothers: An Open Letter to Linda Hirshman
Is there a political agenda behind "Get to Work: A Manifesto for Women of the World"?
By Alan Thomas
Foreword from Jessica Carlson, Contributing Editor, The Imperfect Parent:
... read more My Many Hats
The life of a stay at home working mom.
By Christina Barber
A friend once asked, "How can you do that? How can you be a stay at home mom, get all of that... read more More Stay At Home/Working Mothers
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Education: The Yellow Bus of Salvation
Hail to the bus driver, bus driver.
By Kimberly Valzania
To all the school bus drivers out there... you have NO IDEA how much you mean to me.
I... read more Special Needs of the Gifted Child
Exceptional minds have requirements, too.
By Kristina Ashlock
When we think of a child with special needs, we tend to think of a child who is autistic, has ADHD... read more More Education
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A Better Mousetrap?
Today's supermarket aisles are full of innovative new products like green ketchup and purple french fries. What are these people thinking??
By Linda Sharp
A Socially Irresponsible Stroll Through My Neighborhood
Sometimes convenience trumps political correctness.
By Robin Dutton-Cookston
Little Miss Feminist
We're just not a beauty queen kind of family.
By Rita Fiorentino
Parenting Outside the Razor Wire
What happens when parents are separated by a prison sentence?
By Sandra Ray
Remember the Fallen
Take a moment to reflect today on the men and women who have died to keep you and your children safe.
September 11, 2006
Five years later.
By Jessica Carlson
Steal This Child
Is the news media exploiting parents’ fear of child abduction?
By Prescott Carlson
A Call to Arms and Breasts
Are you a Lactivist?
By Stacey Greenberg
Earth to Mommy
The fall from green grace isn't that far down.
By Suzanne Lafetra
Shades of Gray
It's not always black and white.
By Misty Nuckolls
Dancing Between the Party Lines
Parenting makes it not so black and white.
By Jennifer Cummins
Red Fish, Blue Fish
A view of Conservative vs. Liberal values in America's classrooms.
By Alan Thomas
Cutting Away the Truth
A view on one of the very first parenting decisions -- circumcision.
By Peter Mackey
Religious Intolerance
Just get over it.
By Shannon Kietzman
| Stay At Home/Working Mothers: |
An Open Letter to Linda Hirshman
Is there a political agenda behind "Get to Work: A Manifesto for Women of the World"?
By Alan Thomas
My Many Hats
The life of a stay at home working mom.
By Christina Barber
Special Needs of the Gifted Child
Exceptional minds have requirements, too.
By Kristina Ashlock
The Yellow Bus of Salvation
Hail to the bus driver, bus driver.
By Kimberly Valzania
