New York Daily News Harsh discipline: Couples who fight are more likely to spank their kids New York Daily News The study involved 1997 children from the long-term “Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study” which continues to follow nearly 5000 children born in … Partner abuse tied to spanking kids Reuters Parents Who Clash More Likely to Spank Kids U.S. News & World Report Study: NC Parents Spank Kids WITN MedPage Today
TheMedGuru Adult kids ' problems still affect parents' mental health USA Today The new study of middle-aged parents — with an average age of 50 for the parents and 25 for the kids — found that having even one child with physical, …
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Globe and Mail Did you name your baby Bella? CNN (blog) Parents have to draw their inspiration for baby names from somewhere, so why not a novel about vegetarian vampires? Or, perhaps, we're simply searching for ..
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After years of speculation Ricky Martin has confirmed that he is gay. In a message posted on the 38-year-old’s web site he credits his 1.5-year-old twin sons for inspiring him to be honest about himself. Ricky writes: A few months ago I decided to write my memoirs, a project I knew was going to bring me closer to an amazing turning point in my life
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Ricky Martin: I am a homosexual man
Yotaro, a Japanese robot resembling a baby, was created with the hope that it will teach parenting skills and encourage Japanese people to have more babies. A Japanese robotics team hopes that Yotaro, a robot that is programmed to mimic the behavior of human babies, will increase interest in having more babies
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How’s this for a modern day twist on an old saying: First comes a nationally televised proposal, then comes baby?
Straight from the bride-to-be’s mouth is confirmation that Nicole Richie and Joel Madden are engaged! However, Joel is quick to point out that this isn’t exactly breaking news. After Nicole made an announcement on The David Letterman Show , Joel wrote on his Twitter page: “Yep
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While it seems that every tabloid picked up last month’s rumor about Brad and Angelina’s so-called plans to split , one British news rag in particular is getting the “credit” – in the form of a lawsuit.
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Jason Merritt/Getty The new year will bring with it some much-needed downtime for first-time expectant mom Amy Adams . Although she’s been making the media rounds to promote her new film Leap Year , the 35-year-old actress says that “work” will have a decidedly different look in 2010. “I’m having a baby, so I’m hoping that is accomplished successfully,” she quips before adding, “I’m trying to work on my relationships
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It seems that Jude Law’s Christmas celebrations included an act of goodwill toward his 3-month-old daughter with Samantha Burke. The 37-year-old reportedly phoned his ex-girlfriend to arrange a date to meet his daughter for the first time! A source told The News of the World that Jude will meet Sophia “within a few weeks.” Speaking of Samantha, the source said, “She’s over the moon. She was hurt he had not seen Sophia.” The source went on to say that Samantha is hoping to reconcile with the actor.
Report: Jude Law to meet his daughter Sophia
It looks like the new year will include a new love for single mom Rosie O’Donnell. The former talk show host has a new girlfriend: Artist and mom-of-six Tracy Kachtick-Anders.
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Todd Williamson/WireImage The new year will bring a new arrival for actor and reality star Gary Busey and girlfriend Steffanie Sampson — the couple has a baby on the way.
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10 pregnant female British soldiers have been sent back home from operations during the past six months, though it’s unclear how many of the 10 became pregnant after being sent to war in Afghanistan.
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11% of British people surveyed by the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) still believe a woman can’t get pregnant if she has sex standing up, according to a recent poll. The DCSF commissioned the survey of 2,000 people aged 16-50 to highlight misconceptions around safe sex. Almost 20% per cent thought having sex while a woman is on her period or if the man withdraws before ejaculation means a woman can’t get pregnant
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Courtesy Self Forget the parenting books.
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US magazine ’s got a cool Hills preview of Speidi fighting.
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Johns PkI/Splash News Online For his latest film Where the Wild Things Are , Forest Whitaker had an advantage when it came to preparing for his role; He reveals that the children’s book has been a favorite in his house for generations. “It’s sort of been handed down in my family because it was read to me when I was a kid,” he tells PARADE
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Trista Sutter can easily run through all the ways in which her second pregnancy was different from her first. For starters, “as I think any woman who has been through multiple pregnancies can attest, your body just knows where the fat goes!” she says
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Courtesy InStyle As a transplanted Southerner living in California, Reese Witherspoon admits that she misses the creature comforts of home. “L.A. is where my job is and I have to be close, but I never imagined that my children wouldn’t grow up next door to my brother’s children, or my mom and dad wouldn’t constantly be around,” the 33-year-old actress tells the November issue of InStyle .
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Maternity leaves of up to a year coupled with uncapped penalties for successful sexual discrimination claims may be costing working women jobs and money. Ever since Nichola Pease, deputy chairman of J O Hambro Capital Management, told the Treasury Committee that women are in danger of having their maternity leave “backfire” on them, discussion has been very animated across the U.K.
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