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Books on Parenting Culture
Some of the best books on parenting are those that put modern parenthood in perspective. Books on parenting culture provide insight into our experiences as mothers — why we worry about the things we...
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Driving Other People’s Children
Thoughts on driving other peoples children in today’s culture of parenting paranoia My son loves gymnastics parties! So when he turned nine, we planned one for him. We booked his favourite spot and...
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Thanks to Cursive Web for Motherhood Website Redesign
Welcome everyone to the new Motherhood Cafe motherhood website. It’s still the same content and focus, but with a much spiffed-up design and navigation system. You will notice the new header and logo...
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Keeping Me Awake: Adding to my list of great parenting books
Great parenting books aren’t always the apparent best sellers. It’s too easy to get bogged down in too much expert advice, too much ‘science says,’ too many prescriptive formulae about the million and...
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Motherhood Uncensored: Make a Submission to the Cafe
Motherhood Uncensored is about telling the truth about mothering and motherhood: the wonderful, the horrible, the joyful, the difficult, and everything in-between. It is also about taking a closer look...
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Articles on Parenting
Are you looking for high quality, balanced and interesting articles on parenting? What about articles on modern parenting culture? Adjusting to motherhood? Infant feeding? Postpartum Issues? Helicopter...
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Helicopter Parenting
Helicopter parenting is a relatively new term in our cultural lexicon. The term, synonymous with the notion of “over-parenting” and/or “hyper-parenting,” was first used in the 1990 book called...
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Positive Parenting Tips and Advice: Ask Questions, Get Answers
Do you need some advice or positive parenting tips? Ask your parenting question here and get suggestions from other parents about what to do. Perhaps you are struggling to get your child to eat a good...
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Helicopter Parenting Forum
Helicopter parenting is a hot topic of debate. The term is used to describe today’s cultural tendency to parent with a keen eye towards protecting our children from any and all potential sources of...
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Drinking During Pregnancy
This article is a commentary on the current guidelines for drinking during pregnancy. It was Friday evening and Elaine, nine months pregnant with baby number two, was looking forward to a relaxing...
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