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Child Development Stages Every Parent Must Know

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Everything begins with foundation—starting with your kids. “The first two years of your child’s life are crucial for all levels of his or her development including emotional, social and intellectual development,” says Child Development…
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The Benefits of Non-Attachment Parenting

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Attachment Parenting is a practice made popular by American pediatrician Dr. Bill Sears, who has written about 30 books on the subject. If you weren’t familiar with Attachment Parenting before, you may remember it from the controversial…

Baby Boxing Inside Mom’s Belly!

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There are quite a few videos on YouTube of babies moving inside mommy’s belly, but we’ve never seen such an active baby! Perhaps there’s a future Olympic gymnast or boxer inside this mom’s belly. Soon-to-be-big-sister gets in on the…

Why New Moms Eat Their Own Placentas

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It was one thing to have to abruptly behold January Jones as “Fat Betty” on the latest season of Mad Men, but well before that the infamous portrayal of Mad Men’s Mrs. Draper really turned heads when she announced publicly that she consumed…
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Having a Baby After 35: Risky Business?

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  UPDATED: August 1st, 2016  It´s often said that having a baby after 35 is risky. But, is it really? When I met my future husband, I was 34 years old, and I already knew that at some point I wanted to have another child. Fast-forward…
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Adventures in Babysitting

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We began breakfast one recent morning delivering this news to Luna: Rosanna, her caregiver, was going on a two-week vacation. “Who is going to take care of me?” she asked. And then she gave me The Look. I call it pouty face. Her dime-sized…
Immigrant Mothers & First-Generation Daughters

Immigrant Mothers & First-Generation Daughters

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There is a giant cultural chasm between many first generation Latinas and our immigrant mothers. We grow up in a society that is radically different from our mothers’ homeland. So many of the first generation women I have known experienced…
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Growing Up Along Violent Mexican Border Made Me a Better Mom

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I lived along the violent Mexican border as a young girl. One day, I got a phone call from a guy  I was dating, who called to tell me that he couldn’t make our date on Saturday.  When I asked where he was, he simply said, “Away.”…
Tyler Posey’s Mom on Raising a TV Star

Tyler Posey's Mom on Raising a TV Star

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Many moms feel their child deserves to be a superstar. But having it actually happen is another story—one that Cyndi Garcia of Santa Clarita, California, knows all too well. Her 20-year-old son, Tyler Posey, is the star of the MTV hit series,…