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How late is too late to become a father? The actor Stanley Tucci explores this question in his reading of Rand Richards Cooper’s essay, “Fatherhood, I Now Learn, Is a Young Man’s Game.” Mr. Cooper, whose essay was published in Modern Love in 2006, is a novelist, fiction writer and essayist living in Hartford, Conn. He is the author of […]
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Southwest Airlines better know their ABCs and 123s! According to ABC7, one of the carrier’s gate agents allegedly mocked a 5-year-old girl named Abcde, reportedly pronounced “ab-city.” The girl and mom Traci Redford reportedly boarded a flight early from Santa Ana, California to El Paso, Texas because of the little one’s epilepsy. Redford told the publication: “The gate agent started mocking my […]
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There are certain moments in life that are sink or swim. However much you manage to generally just about hold it together day to day, a sudden emergency is the truest possible test of your mettle. I have now discovered the awful truth. I have no mettle. I am a mettle-free zone. I am mettle-ly deficient. It’s the phone call […]
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Leaving grandparents to look after the children may not be the healthiest option for kids, according to new research. A study has highlighted issues such as weight and overall health as a cause for concern and it isn’t the first time scientific research has suggested your young ones are better off at day care. Grandparents are thought to be more […]
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A 10-year-old girl from Arizona outsmarted a pervert who tried to lure her into his car on Wednesday, police said. The girl was walking with her friend in a park in San Tan Valley when a man in a white SUV pulled up next to them and told them to get in the car, the Pinal County Sheriff’s Office told […]
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A pioneering dad has designed a baby’s crib complete with iPad – but the invention has prompted horror from parents and psychologists alike. Gary Taylor, owner of Birmingham-based furniture company Babeek, designed the £1,500 cot after having trouble putting his nine-month-old baby to sleep. The iPad plays soothing white noise, he says, and makes life easier for parents who have […]
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Whether or not it’s OK to punish or discipline children by giving them a light smack has been a hotly debated topic for years. Some argue that it can be a useful way to get through to kids and it’s fine because their parents did it, while many assert that it’s cruel. The latest guidance from the American Academy of […]
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From free food to DIY maternity wear, thrifty parenting bloggers reveal their tongue-in-cheek pregnancy hacks as they bring out their first book Mark and Roxanne Hoyle are known to 257k Instagram followers as LadBaby They shot to fame by chronicling the trials and tribulations of raising two boys The couple have named their first book Parenting for £1 and Other […]
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A husband and wife of ten years have told of how they have come to share their bed with another man in a polyamorous relationship where they ‘rotate pairs’. The throuple all live together, raising two young children as part of a team. Bella and Ken from Orange, Connecticut, had been married five years and were raising two young daughters […]
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A girl stricken with locked-in syndrome woke up after her mother played the keyboard at her bedside including songs such as Bring Me To Life by Evanescence. Talented and active Miranda Meldrum suffered a rare brain haemorrhage in the night which nearly killed her. The 13-year-old suffered severe headaches, a sudden loss of hearing and was unable to move her […]
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