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New Depression Rx: Get Married — Melinda Wenner, LiveScience

Ben — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 21:02:40 +0000

Teaching Your Kids to Work (In seven parts) — Lara Gallagher, The Lazy Organizer

Ben — Sun, 06 May 2007 18:16:53 +0000

Keeping a sane home, for the whole family:

Part I: Whose Job is it?
Part II: Getting Rid of the Clutter
Part III: Let Them Help
Part IV: It Takes Time
Part V: Work Together
Part VI: Learn to Practice
Part VII: Make It Easy

The Weird Thing About People Reading Blogs — ChewyMom

Ben — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 22:54:50 +0000

Dear Little Girl — Carrien, She Laughs at the Days

Ben — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 16:41:19 +0000

A Father’s Heart — Tulipgirl

Ben — Thu, 12 Oct 2006 23:56:10 +0000

Breast-feeding won’t make baby smarterReuters on MSNBC

Rachel — Wed, 04 Oct 2006 22:14:51 +0000

“…Although breast-feeding has many advantages for children including reducing infections, respiratory illnesses and diarrhea, enhancing a child’s intelligence does not appear to be among them…”

Careers and Marriage – Forbes.com

Ben — Sat, 26 Aug 2006 16:15:33 +0000

Forbes.com published a story Aug. 22 by editor Michael Noer on two-career relationships that provoked a heated response from both outside and inside our building. Elizabeth Corcoran, a member of our Silicon Valley bureau and principal author of the magazine’s current cover story on robots, sent in [a] rebuttal.

Liturgy and Catechesis [according to a two-year-old]Devona, Love and Blunder

Ben — Mon, 07 Aug 2006 01:45:32 +0000

The World’s Itty-Bittiest Porn StarAmy Alkon, Advice Goddess

Ben — Sat, 29 Jul 2006 16:17:50 +0000

“The virus that made me forget my family”Angela Epstein, London Daily Mail

Ben — Wed, 26 Jul 2006 01:25:37 +0000

Starting Solid Foods – Ask Dr. Sears

Ben — Thu, 13 Jul 2006 03:12:55 +0000

What’s Abortion, Mom? – TulipGirl

Ben — Wed, 05 Jul 2006 22:53:01 +0000

Snooze News: How to Get Baby to NapDenise Schipani, American Baby on MSN

Ben — Fri, 09 Jun 2006 16:52:34 +0000

May was the month of the Jack-alanche.

Ben — Fri, 02 Jun 2006 01:25:50 +0000

[Note: Also published From Wits End] Wow, what a month! As all of you should know by now, My son was born on May 9th, and his appearance on the world scene definitely made waves on this little corner of the internet. Behold, the Jack-alanche! For the day… …for the month… …and for the year… As you can see, we had about 850 hits for the month of May. It’s a great tribute to all of you who cared for us and prayed for us through this past month as we came through the real Jack-alanche with colors flying high, a “promotion” for each member of the family (”Hey Mom, have I ever told you how Grand a Mother you are?”), and our numbers increased by one sweet little boy. Thanks again for all your support, and thanks for helping to welcome my son into the Wide World (Web).

The Approaching Family Singularity – Myself, From Wit’s End

Ben — Fri, 05 May 2006 17:11:08 +0000

You may think it horribly egotistical that I’m linking to my own website, but it’s for a good cause. Any day now our son Jack will be born. We don’t know quite when it will happen, but I just wanted to let you know that if you don’t see any posts on this site for a couple of days, then I’m probably busy being a happy new daddy. Be sure to check my personal site for any news to this effect. Thanks for stopping by.

Babies, Dependent and Demanding – TulipGirl

Ben — Wed, 05 Apr 2006 16:33:08 +0000

Child Trust Funds in England – Dominic Maxwell, IPPR, Around the Kitchen Table

Ben — Mon, 03 Apr 2006 01:59:57 +0000

Appleberry Pie? Make it a double – James Lileks, StarTribune.com

Ben — Tue, 28 Mar 2006 00:48:23 +0000

This is a really old video – Devona, Love and Blunder

Ben — Sun, 26 Mar 2006 00:20:11 +0000

That baby can dance! For real, check it out.

Public, Home, and Catholic schools – Bruce Frohnen, NRO CrunchyCon blog

Ben — Tue, 21 Mar 2006 12:17:05 +0000

This is brilliant (emphasis — and colors, of course — added):

I think there is a moral here: there is in fact a permanent, universal good of educating your kids to be good, learned people with the skills and habits necessary to lead good, decent lives. But there is no one, single way to achieve that, especially in a society that is as fragmented as ours. One of the central lessons of a traditional reading of natural law is that the universal is made real in the particular. The good isn’t attainable as an abstraction, unconnected to circumstances. Whatever the activity — education, economics, politics, architecture, — there is no one, abstract, best approach to doing it well under all circumstances, which means making it part of a good life. You have to do the best you can to construct a good life, and anyone who simply says “if you don’t do it this way, you are lazy and immoral” is being silly as well as uncharitable. But if you are not willing to think of education, economics, politics, architecture, and indeed most parts of your life, as part of leading a good life, you are most certainly going to make it harder to raise your children to be good people, and to be a good person yourself, regardless of what you happen to read, where you happen to kneel, or how you happen to vote.

Read it all. The whole blog is worthwhile, actually.

My Grandma is One Hundred Years Old – Mel, Actual Unretouched Photo

Ben — Tue, 14 Mar 2006 03:05:28 +0000

“My grandma looked tiny and fragile in her hot pink jacket and permed white hair. But I sat close to her and we had a little private conversation…”

IMs: What’s a Mother to Do? – Ruth Marcus, Washington Post (use BMN)

Ben — Wed, 08 Mar 2006 22:59:34 +0000

“Big Brother, meet Big Mother”

How to Successfully Homeschool – Chewymom

Ben — Wed, 08 Mar 2006 22:53:01 +0000

“I have known a LOT of homeschoolers. I have seen it done well, and I have seen it done poorly… The theme to my tips is HAVE A GOOD SUPPORT SYSTEM!”

Do not call me; I’m dead – MSN Money

Ben — Sun, 26 Feb 2006 00:17:33 +0000

When you’re dead, telemarketers can’t call you, but they still try.

Child’s Play is Work.

Ben — Tue, 06 Dec 2005 18:06:19 +0000

A nifty site called Guilt-Free Homeschooling has an article about the importance of play in children’s education.