My Kids Deserve Better

You’re pregnant! Two words all couples who are trying to conceive dream about hearing. But for the Savage family, their good news had a caveat. It was not their child. Carolyn Savage had been implanted with another couple’s embryos.
Rather than terminate the pregnancy, the Savages have decided to act as a surrogate. The other couple, Shannon [...]

If you find yourself searching for that perfect one-of-a-kind gift for a child’s upcoming birthday, have we got just the thing for you! Forget those dolls that say “mama” or require diaper changes, how about one that your child can use to mimic breastfeeding? It’s nothing new that little tykes often mimic their mothers who [...]

Remember the days when you could just strip down and walk around naked like it was no big deal? No, I’m not talking about your college experience or the trip you took to that music festival, I mean the uninhibited freedom of being a toddler! Ok, maybe the memories are fuzzy now, but it’s no [...]

Love her or hate her, Sarah Palin is here to stay, and following her surprise resignation as Alaska’s governor on Friday afternoon, the question is how exactly she’ll be sticking around.
In what was largely perceived as a rambling speech –  “I was certainly stunned when I heard the news and I’m still not [...]

Here we go again! Another politician joins the scandalous ranks of the unfaithful (along with Spitzer, Paterson , Edwards…). Last week, South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford admitted to an affair with an Argentine woman. And now Republicans are calling for his resignation.
But will his wife be calling her divorce lawyers? In a statement [...]

50 may be the new 40, but this fashion plate never seems to move beyond her 20s. Barbie celebrates her 50th birthday today, and whether you love her or hate her, you can’t deny her impact on pop culture. Moms on our Ten- to Fourteen-Year-Olds and Minnesota message boards shared their Barbie memories:

“Barbie, her [...]

Last fall we saw a lot of confusion and concern over the chemical BPA, its inclusion in plastic items like baby bottles and other children’s products and the FDA’s conflicting advice about its safety. Last week the largest manufacturers of baby bottles in the US announced that they will stop selling bottles that contain bisphenol-A, a chemical that is [...]

When I read about Lisa Pagan, the soldier mom who was recalled to active duty and appealed the orders citing that no one would be left to care for her children due to her husband’s travel schedule, I was curious to know what our Military Wives would have to say about it. When I read [...]

One Ohio mom took the concept of “doing it all” to the extreme last week: breastfeeding her baby while talking on her cell phone as she drove her other kids to school. Local police cited her for violating child restraint laws and child endangerment, but Genine Compton of Dayton says she’d do it again if [...]

After weeks of speculation, anxiety and a whole lot of rhetoric, it seemed that the huge stimulus package was the jump start needed to get the country’s financial health back on track. As President Obama addressed a joint session of Congress on Tuesday night, some wondered how quickly that relief might be seen. On the Conservative Parents message board, President Obama’s [...]

It’s often said that education is a good investment, but with budget cuts happening at steady pace in light of the economic turmoil, many are wondering when our schools, teachers and students will find relief. Recently the Frugal Families community discussed a proposal in Florida that would allow districts to shorten the school week to four [...]

While some iVillagers are mystified about how the stimulus package recently signed by President Obama will work, the US auto industry is looking for more assistance as the economic outlook continues to be bleak. But GM and Chrysler will have a little competition in the bailout department because there’s someone else who’s also seeking a [...]

 
I Want Your … Text?

(Note: Today’s buzz is brought to you by CMAngela, who offers an alternative look at gratitude as we lead up to Valentine’s Day. Sometimes, you’ve just gotta be grateful for *not* being in a relationship. Read on…)
One of the best things about getting together with your girlfriends is that they can almost always help you find [...]