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A Mommy Blog’s Heartbreaking Turn

On October 6, 2010 By digamama
The following originally appeared on The Daily Beast: Katie Granju’s parenting blog was beloved by readers. But when her teenage son died of a drug overdose, many were shocked—and then she chose to grieve online. Long-time readers felt they knew the details of Katie Allison Granju’s life intimately, either through her blog musings on Read Full Article →

When Toddlers Attack!

On September 30, 2010 By digamama
The following was originally published on The Stir on CafeMom: Within the past couple of weeks, I’ve sustained a head injury, superficial flesh wounds, loss of property, and incredibly foul moods. I adopted a rabid dog, you must think? Nope. I just happen to be the mother of a toddler – a toddler who is extremely ticked off about [...]
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Grandma Gets Custody: Is She ‘Mom’ Too?

On September 23, 2010 By digamama
The following originally appeared on The Stir on CafeMom: Here’s a stat for thought. According to a recent report from the Pew Research Center, one child in 10 now lives with a grandparent. That’s 2.9 million kids, a number that has been growing steadily over the past decade and rose sharply during the first year [...]
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Parenting When You Feel Like an Outsider

On September 17, 2010 By digamama
The following originally appeared on The Stir on CafeMom: It all started when I accompanied my sister and her husband to their son’s first day of school. I was there as the family photographer to snap pictures of my nephew while my own little one was in day care. All the parents gathered, [...]
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Is It Abusive to Chemically Treat Your Child’s Hair?

On September 9, 2010 By digamama
This originally appeared on The Stir on CafeMom: When I was barely out of kindergarten, my mother took me for my first hair relaxer. She didn’t know any better, we both joke now. But I can clearly remember the emotional and physical scars from those early days at the hair salon. Pretty much all the [...]
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Screaming Toddler on Flight Makes Woman ‘Deaf’ — Lawsuit Follows

On August 6, 2010 By digamama
This originally appeared on The Stir on CafeMom: By now you’ve heard about American tourist Jean Barnard suing Qantas airlines for making her go “stone cold deaf.” It wasn’t Qantas, per se, that made her go deaf, though they have had their own issues with cabin pressure in the recent past. Rather, she alleges that the damage [...]
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Make Your Kids Smarter in the Car

On July 31, 2010 By digamama
The following originally appeared on The Daily Beast: As the summer travel season heats up, parents dread the inevitable “Are we there yet?” From educational apps to soothing kids’ music, here are 20 foolproof road-trip distractions. In the middle of vacation season, lengthy car excursions are an unavoidable part of every parent’s summer. Short [...]
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Boy Toys — Why So Aggressive?

On June 25, 2010 By digamama
Look at how passive, sweet, and gender-neutral Eg the Neo-moto is. Was. Eg is no longer with us, broken as he/she is into three plástico pieces. A couple of kids threw him/her down the slide at our local park. We try to stress the importance of sharing on the playground. Go ahead and ROFFL. Given that every [...]
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A Revenge Video Game Takes Aim at Street Harassment

On June 18, 2010 By digamama
I think we can agree that street harassment is a universal annoyance for all women, be it in the form of catcalls, come-hither hisses, overt sexual threats, or lasciviously intoned commentary like “you’re so beautiful” when you know you’re not, outfitted as you are in sweat pants for a 7-Eleven run. A new video game by New [...]
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Back to Work After Baby: 12 Things to Know Before You Go

On November 18, 2009 By digamama
The following originally appeared on iVillage.
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