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Why I Miss Being Stereotyped
It’s not always easy being Asian in Spain. For one, people don’t understand that they should feel intellectually inferior around me since I am good at math. Yes these are stereotypes, at least in...
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Buy Toilet Paper in Bulk -- and Other Pregnancy Tips!
Editor's Note: Oh, the things I didn't know about pregnancy. In fact, I think that even if someone had told me certain things, I would have laughed, shrugged them off. But Lauren at Lauren's Latest...
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Tofu Banh Mi: A Vegan Version of the Vietnamese Sandwich
Editor’s note: The classic Vietnamese banh mi sandwich has seen many interpretations by trendy restaurants, most of them full of meat. Jamie from Thrifty Veggie Mama offers up a vegan version. She...
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Want To Strengthen Your Marriage? Try These 10 Tips!
Editor's Note: I was advised when very young to heed the lessons imparted upon me by my elders or those who have lived certain aspects of life before me. In this piece, one mother reflects on her own...
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Nie Asks: Show Me Your Favorite Photo Today
What's your favorite photo today?Today, I love this self-portrait by my daughter Jane.Now, your turn: Share with me YOUR favorite photo today. Leave a link in the comments and tell me why you're loving...
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Is It Ever Okay to Put the Needs of One Kid Over the Other?
Whenever talk amongst my friends turns to "is it possible to have a favorite child -- or not," I always make the point that one kid is usually in an easier phase than another at any given time. As...
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BlogHer Food '13: Day One in Tweets
Happy BlogHer Food '13 day! Everything kicked off in Austin, TX this morning. I worked hard to follow along with the #BlogHerFood hashtag to bring you, as we always do, Day One in Tweets. Because we...
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Why Can't I Be the Fun Parent? Why Is It Always Dad?
Some days I really wish that I could be the fun parent. I get that as parents, we really need to be on the same page but I think no matter what, one parent still gets the "fun" label. It has taken a...
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"Devious Maids" is Good, But Here's How It Could Be Better
Have you seen Eva Longoria's new Lifetime show Devious Maids? I haven't had a chance to check it out myself, but have been hearing a lot of buzz about it, especially since it portrays a predominantly...
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Choosing Cloth Diapers For My Babies
I have a tendency to throw myself into new endeavors full-force; to go all out, whole hog, and to try to be the very best (or at least, my very best) within the context of each new experience....
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BlogHer ’13 Ticket Transfers: The Chicago Shuffle Edition
We’ve do-si-doed our way to Austin and back for BlogHer Food ’13, and now it’s full steam ahead to BlogHer ’13 in Chicago! And I do mean full steamahead. If you’ve looked at your calendar lately and...
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Do You Exercise with Your Kids?
Do you exercise with your kids? I'm finding that the older Lil Man gets, the more he participates in my fitness program. I admit that I usually have to keep the hand weights away. He lifts them (yes,...
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Going to Washington D.C. to Tell Our Family's Immigration Story
The things we do for love. As an author-activist writing about the immigration and family reunification issues, I see the sacrifices that people make across the border for love and experience them...
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Summertime Stay-at-Home Mom: I'm Not Built for this 12 Months a Year
Editor's Note: The school year is officially over or, if you live around Philadelphia, ending shortly. Like their students, teachers everywhere are rejoicing at the thought of summer break. Mrs. Howard...
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Popsicles With a (Grown-Up) Twist: Pimm's Cup Popsicles, Cocktail Included
Editor’s note: BlogHer Food ’13 was a smashing success last weekend. The only thing that might have made it more fun would have been if we had some Pimmsicles on hand—Austin is hot, so hot; I could...
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10 Parenting Mistakes to Avoid -- and What to Do Instead
Editor's Note: Some of my parenting mistakes have been minor -- like the time I forgot to put clean diapers in the diaper bag. Messy, yes, but relatively minor. Others have been not-so-minor while...
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"Hook Up Culture": Fact vs Fiction
In a Los Angeles Times op-ed this week on hookup culture in college, Bob Laird links binge drinking and casual sex to sexually transmitted diseases, unwanted pregnancies, confusion, low self-esteem,...
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Operation Lose the Pacifier: Is There Really a Winner in this War?
Have you ever known an addict who just begged you for another hit of whatever they’re into, and they cry and whine and plead and promise things and you just get really worn out from being a sober...
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Is Your Child Depressed? It's Probably Your Fault, Mom
Recently scientists declared children of women who did not finish high school were twice as likely to experience a major episode of depression in early adulthood as children whose mothers obtained a...
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Is Infidelity Really "The Sweetest Taboo"?
Infidelity is a story as old as time: the Greek god Zeus coupling with any woman who caught his fancy, the Bible story of David and Bathsheba that ended in the death of Bathsheba’s husband, Ovid’s...
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