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Aug 19 2011
News of the Week: Hot sauce or time out?
All the parenting news you probably missed this week. -European or child abuser? That’s the question Jezebel asks about this mom who dared to leave her 1-year-old outside a coffee shop on the mean streets of Amherst, MA while she … Continue reading →
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Aug 19 2011
“The Law Does Not Mandate Work-Life Balance”
A group of women working for Bloomberg LP (the company founded by Mayor Bloomberg) sued their employer a number of years back claiming that the company routinely discriminated against mothers and mothers-to-be by reducing their pay, demoting them, or excluding … Continue reading →
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Aug 2 2011
Pole Dancing Pregnant Ladies
A few years back when I was working as a freelancer, I took an assignment offered to me by the New York Post‘s Page Six Magazine. I will justify writing for them this way: $2 per word. The article I … Continue reading →
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Jul 29 2011
Roundup: Giving birth during the Bar Exam, not banning Circumcision, and Octomom
All the parenting news you probably didn’t have time to read this week. -It’s over! It’s over! Remember all that brouhaha about banning circumcision in San Francisco? Well guess what? It’s off the November ballot. “After a judge ruled Thursday … Continue reading →
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Jul 13 2011
For Leiby Kletzky
When I woke up this morning, there were a number of angry emails on my local parent listserv in Brooklyn. People were complaining that they had been woken up the day before by an “Orthodox Jewish organization” calling too early, … Continue reading →
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Jul 1 2011
See You Tuesday
Like the rest of the country, Kveller is going on vacation. We are taking a long weekend and will be back on Tuesday, July 5. By then we’ll have lots of stories to share. Amy Deutsch can tell us why … Continue reading →
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Jun 24 2011
Hey Roiphe, It’s Hard Enough Just Raising These F’ing Kids
Oh, Katie Roiphe. I have to admit that I’ve been more than a little fed up with the phenom that is Go the F to Sleep. Call it jealousy; maybe I wish I had written a book with less than … Continue reading →
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Jun 10 2011
News Roundup: Russell Crowe on Circumcision, Weiner on his Weiner
All the parenting news you probably didn’t have time to read this week. -If you’re a father, or a mother, or a human being with a heartbeat, you probably shouldn’t read this staggering piece about a father coping with the … Continue reading →
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May 27 2011
News Roundup: Espresso Machine that Dispenses Formula, the Genderless Baby, and the Obama Girls
All the Jewish parenting news you probably didn’t have time to read this week. -Nestle has rolled out a baby formula version of its Nespresso capsule coffee machine. There’s no option for foam, but it dispenses the formula “at precisely … Continue reading →
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May 20 2011
News Roundup: Roast Chicken, Sex, and Baby Names
All the parenting news you probably didn’t have time to read this week. -An Israeli couple actually named their kid “Like” this week. As in the Facebook “Like” button. This isn’t quite as bad in my mind as couples who … Continue reading →
