Recent studies find: working mothers do not harm their children by returning to work; having children often has negative effects on working moms’ careers.

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Good (and Bad) News for Working Moms

Here’s a surprise: “Overweight kids don’t need to get any more exercise than normal-weight children. The daily requirements are the same. In fact, heavy children burn more calories doing the same activity — simply because they have more mass and their bodies work harder,” explains Thomas Robinson, M.D., director of the Center for Healthy Weight at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital

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When Kids Need to Lose Weight

To call the doc or not? Kathryn Emery, M.D., an ER physician at the Children’s Hospital at the University of Colorado, Denver–and a mom–reveals when she’d pick up the phone:

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8 Times Your Pediatrician Wants You to Call

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Join the Revolution: Introducing Parenting’s Fit Generation!

The other day I saw a story about a mother in Congo that I can’t get out of my head. Generose, a Congolese mother of three, was home one night with her family when Hutu extremist militiamen burst in, killed her husband, and started to rape her. When she screamed, they cut off her leg

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A Mother’s Haunting, Real-Life Horror — and Hope

Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house Jack and Molly were shrieking – awful ear-splitting shouts! We threatened to tell Santa about all the fighting  And threw them in bed without any good nighting. When the children were silent, just barely asleep, When the whole house was still, not even a peep, We put on our kerchiefs, hoped for the best, And crawled into bed for a long winter's rest.

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‘Twas The Night Before Jack and Molly’s Christmas

This is not about me, or even Natasha any more: It’s about her children. We are not talking about long-term retirement planning or even paying off credit cards, we are talking about potentially keeping her and her children out of a homeless shelter.

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Family Budget Boot Camp: Natasha Needs to Get to Work (Or I’m Out)

I’m two months un-pregnant and I’ve decided it’s time to get things back a little closer to normal. This includes but is not limited to eating healthful foods, showering regularly, wearing real clothes from time to time, and not letting the Wii raise my children for me. read more

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Please Can You Play Lego Batman?

After a toddler tantrum got a 2-year-old and his mother booted off a Southwest flight, the blogosphere rejoiced. “Bout @#$$#@ time,” and “The mother is only angling for a free ticket so she can flee the little basterd,” were among the comments on fark.com

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Does Society Hate Children?

Here's your context for today's post: Before kids, I was the person rolling her eyes and raising her eyebrows and sighing disapproving sighs around parents who could not control their children. On occasion, I am ashamed to say, I still do this. But Saturday, upon leaving a baby shower hours early in disgrace, I wanted to dive into the nearest confessional to atone for my years of judgment and haughtiness, because I HAVE BECOME THAT PARENT.

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Motherhood Karma