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Launched in December 2006, Babble has a National Magazine Award nomination for Best Overall Website (opposite Slate.com) and a Folio magazine award for Best Online Magazine (beating out everyone but Time.com). Time magazine named it one of the Top 50 websites of 2010. Babble was acquired by The Walt Disney Company in November, 2011.

How Our Government Kept Imbeciles from Breeding

How Our Government Kept Imbeciles from Breeding

If you’ve ever read or heard about a stupid parent and thought to yourself, “the government ought to keep people like that from having children,” then you might find it interesting to know that they did. In fact a number of state and Federal policies were enacted to prevent imbeciles from breeding (And in that MORE »

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Boys Are Good at Math, Girls Are Just Lucky

Boys Are Good at Math, Girls Are Just Lucky

Over the weekend my wife attended a seminar put on by the Texas Association of Gifted and Talented, a parent and teacher group focused on educational opportunities for gifted and talented students. The takeaways from this event were 1) our current public school system is hopelessly F’d up beyond repair and 2) boys are good MORE »

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What Are Mitt Romney’s Views on Family Issues

What Are Mitt Romney’s Views on Family Issues

Mitt Romney was raised in Michigan where he attended public school until the 7th grade when he switched to a boy’s private preparatory school where, it has been noted, the majority of students came from wealthier families that did Romney. At the time, Romney was neither athletically talented nor academically proficient; however, he later graduated MORE »

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Where Does Ron Paul Stand on Family Issues?

Where Does Ron Paul Stand on Family Issues?

Ron Paul was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and lived in a small town where his father ran a small dairy. At age 5, Paul was working alongside his brothers in family basement, checking milk bottles for spots. In high school, Paul was an all-state track athlete before attending college. After this he went on to MORE »

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What Are Rick Santorum’s Views on Family Issues?

What Are Rick Santorum’s Views on Family Issues?

Rick Santorum is the middle of the three children. He attended public schools is West Virginia and Pennsylvania before graduating from a Roman Catholic high school in Illinois. Santorum is married to Karen Garver, and they have seven children together. In 1996, the Santorum’s lost their pre-maturely born son two hours after birth, and their MORE »

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How Grandparents Rule

How Grandparents Rule

When it comes to the dynamics of extended family, I liken grandparents to blue-collar, union supervisors sitting atop the seniority ladder. They’ve been around forever, can do as they please, and are virtually untouchable. Don’t get me wrong. I mean this with the utmost respect. Grandparents have earned their position, what with all the diapers, MORE »

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Disciplining My Children Can Be Like Fighting al Qaeda

Disciplining My Children Can Be Like Fighting al Qaeda

NPR recently aired a report on the United States’ need to shift its strategy in order to keep up with al-Qaeda’s constantly changing tactics. Suddenly I thought to myself, “Hey that’s just like me and my kids.” I mean this metaphorically, of course, even though there are moments when it feels as if they are MORE »

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Moms May Have Their Intuition But Dads Have Guts

Moms May Have Their Intuition But Dads Have Guts

If anyone has any doubts about how to raise a baby, they are living in the right day and age. It seems like there are more resources, studies and products available for expecting couples than ever before. This is a far cry from my parent’s time when Dr. Benjamin Spock’s book on baby care covered MORE »

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Where Does Newt Gingrich Stand On Family Issues?

Where Does Newt Gingrich Stand On Family Issues?

With several state primary elections over and the field of Republican Party, presidential hopefuls narrowed down, I thought this a good time to highlight where the candidates stand on a few issues that impact families. As I mention last week in The History of Fatherhood in the United States, the family became a fully politicized MORE »

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Would You Tell Your Children That You Used Drugs?

Would You Tell Your Children That You Used Drugs?

I’m going to make a confession here that few people know about: I’ve used illegal drugs. For a little over a year after my divorce I took X-stasy and smoked marijuana. That’s right, not in high school or in college, but as an adult. Go ahead and judge me. This is the internet, which, among MORE »

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