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• Why Kids Curse

  The other day my 1-year-old called me a douche bag.  I could be mistaken; he may have been just asking for a cookie. Even though we like to pretend Dalton can say seven or so words, all the “words” are indecipherable and they all kind of sound like “douche bag.” If you've ever wondered why your kids are so irresistibly drawn to swearing, here's the answer... Read More... Posted Mar 29 2008, 07:32 AM by Cole Gamble with | with 4 comment(s) Filed under: swearing, Cursing, NPR, chidren, bad words, language, parent influence, naughty, douchebag, expletives, george carlin, howstuffworks.com

• Children as "Booty of War:" Tragedy in Half-Tones

  Richard Cohen had a great piece in the NYT Opinion pages today, a story about rescuing twin boys more than 20 years ago from the hands of Argentina's military junta. The practice during this late-70s-early-80s was to keep pregnant women alive until they gave birth, and then the kids were given to military and police officials who wanted them while the moms were murdered, or "disappeared." Read More... Posted Jan 13 2008, 02:03 PM by Mike Adamick (Cry It Out!) with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: war, chidren

• Saggy Breasts? Don't Blame Breastfeeding!

  We were discussing this story here at Strollerderby (in the break room, next to the Diet Coke machine and the daily pile of Krispy Kremes), and we found that none of us here have sagging breasts! Not that we whipped them out to compare, not exactly, but what a coincidence, we all have the breasts of 15-year olds! I bet you do, too! But in case you don't, in case your chestal area seems to exhibit the ravages of time, don't blame it on breastfeeding. Instead... Read More... Posted Nov 03 2007, 03:12 PM by Karen Murphy with | with 6 comment(s) Filed under: pregnancy, mothers, breastfeeding, breasts, chidren