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Dispatches from The Department of Obvious Things! American women who are full time stay-at-home mothers fare worse on mental health assessments than their counterparts who attempt to balance working with motherhood. So, the way to avoid depression in mothers is to make sure that they're working outside of the home? Not so fast- those ladies are depressed, too! More »
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A couple of weeks ago, In Touch reported that in an interview, Nadya "Octomom" Suleman said that she hated babies. When Suleman visited the Today show on July 8, she claimed that In Touch's story was libelous slander and that she was considering legal action. Today, however, an audio file of the interview has been posted online, and you can hear Suleman say, quite clearly, "I hate babies." More »
]]> http://jezebel.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5822670&view=rss&microfeed=true When I first read about "Tiger Mother" Amy Chua and the pressure she put on her offspring, I felt a glimmer of recognition. Like Chua, my mother was strict with me, enrolling me in piano lessons at age 6, making sure I practiced, limiting the amount of time I spent around other miscreants in our tiny northwestern Wisconsin town, and expecting that I got A's in every class. More »
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As Mother's Day approaches, the television becomes inundated with commercials for flower delivery, chocolate-covered strawberries, sappy greeting cards and weird heart-shaped pendant necklaces. If you rely on advertising, it's easy to believe that's what moms want. But you know what moms like even more? A little of your time. More »
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Japanese astronaut Naoko Yamazaki has been selected to be a crew member on NASA's next space shuttle Atlantis flight, which is scheduled for February 2010. Yamazaki, who has a 6-year-old daughter, will be the second Japanese woman to fly into space and the first mom. Go moms! [UPI] More »
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Rebecca Traister's piece for Salon on the "momification" of Michelle Obama deals with the idea that this accomplished lawyer, who has her own, very strong identity, is now a woman who will be picking out dresses to wear to the inaugural ball and finding schools for her daughters. Traister writes: "The Associated Press wondered what kind of first lady Michelle will be, and concludes, 'the kind of first lady this country has not seen in decades.' You mean, the kind with a high-powered job? No, 'the mother of young children.'" Traister insists we don't forget: More »
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More Fritzl horror: In a psychological examination for his upcoming tiral, Fritzl claims that he locked his mother in a bricked-up room in her house from 1959 until her death in 1980. In the same interview Fritzl says he never thought of his daughter as a daughter but more as his "wife and partner." [Telegraph] More »
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A 43-year-old British woman and her 13-year-old daughter gave an interview to Closer magazine in which they discuss the mother's, uh, unique parenting strategies. Although her daughter admits to having 4 sexual partners, smoking pot and cigarettes, and drinking beer in the street with her friends, the mother refuses to punish her, since it would be more of a punishment for the mum to have to have her kid around the house. Lovely! The mum also admits to bribing her daughter with cigarettes to do chores. The girl has been punished at school 40 times for bad behavior, which the mum blames on teachers who are "too soft" on the kid. [Telegraph] More »
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• 10-year-old Yemeni divorcee Nujood Ali went back to school this month where she plans to study drawing and math; eventually, she hopes to become a lawyer. • A Pennsylvania mother admitted to helping her 14-year-old son build a cache of weapons to fend off school bullies. • Jason Donovan, a former star of Neighbours and ex-boyfriend of his co-star Kylie Minogue, says that Kylie dumped him in the '80s over the telephone. • Zookeepers in Ukraine have sent abandoned tigers to a nearby pig farm to be nursed by the mama pigs. • More »
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This vintage Dewar's ad features Ola Hudson, the designer best known for creating David Bowie's Man Who Fell To Earth getup. Sure, she's smoking hot, and sounds like a cool lady ("Women need some new ways to look pretty, simple and stylish," she says) but did you know she's also the mother of Slash, Guns 'N Roses fame? (Click to enlarge.) [Vintage Ads] More »
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In honor of the book deal snagged by our own Jessica Grose (along with Doree Shafrir) for their blog, Postcards From Yo Momma, we present to you: An e-mail from a mom. (Click the pic to see an actual e-mail!) [Radar] More »
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