This morning, Jordan Romero must be the happiest 13-year-old boy on the face of the earth. Having become the youngest person ever to summit Mount Everest, by two whole years, he can certainly tell all of his middle-school friends how he cheated death while climbing the world’s tallest mountain. But why does he need to ...
A female soldier in Britain has won a legal battle for claims of sex and race discrimination that forced her to quit her job. She was a single mother who was unable to find childcare on a few occasions, something seen as unacceptable in the military life. The problem with her situation was that, as she ...
What would have been considered selfish behaviour 15 years ago has been transformed into “Me” time. But does this turn family life into yet another chore? Jennie Bristow acknowledges that sometimes everyone needs a break from pitter-patter of little feet, especially when it is followed by a loud crash, a yelp and a torrent of ...
A new Charmin toilet paper commercial has switched the doting dad for a mom. Why the change? Apparently men can’t be trusted with their own kids. The ad itself is a little odd to begin with. A cartoon bear with a little boy’s voice comes out from behind the tree and turns around, showing his ...
Mike raised a daughter who wasn’t his own for four years. When it was discovered he divorced the mother but still continued to see the girl and pay child support as the biological father was out of the picture. When his ex-wife and the biological father got married he tried to stop child support. But ...
According to the New York Times, homosexual couples raise the most well adjusted children. They are about as gay and promiscuous as normal kids, but are more tolerant and less conventional in their thinking. For the first time there is a large enough sample size of children raised by same-sex parents to draw conclusions about how ...
Dads are not just incompetent moms, despite what the sitcoms tell us. They parent in a different way, one that is good for children to be exposed to, but they are often treated like second class citizens.
I hate the poster for Motherhood. She looks pissed off and as if she is desperate to say something but can’t because of the dummy in her mouth. Either there was a really talented designer for the poster, or the studio is just accidentally implying that motherhood shuts women up. (Video after jump) In the ...
The Case Against Breastfeeding is an article rife with contradictions. The author, Hanna Rosin, is still actively breastfeeding her youngest, for starters. She takes science to task for making mother’s milk the gold standard in childcare while arguing that the establishment is pushing it based on common sense. She has picked an easy target, because ...
The connections between and among women are the most feared, the most problematic, and the most potentially transforming force...
Is the wage gap just caused by women picking the wrong career?
If you put your faith in popular media you’d assume that men drool at the mention of sex but...
We all know that toy advertisements use a lot of gender stereotypes in their commercials. Girls get Barbies, clothes,...
Don’t worry if you have bad sex the first time you are with someone. New partners can be awkward...
I like to give credit where it’s due and recently I found myself whooping with delight at Britain’s Got...
Dear Madame X, I’ve heard that taking prenatal vitamins can help your nails, hair and can even relieve some...
Anne Fine’s Fly in the Ointment takes me quickly through the life of Lois, whose son is dead after...
