The Gunslinger: You Can Pry My Cup Holder From My Cold, Dead Hands

I've got a full-blown review of the new Bugaboo Cup Holder in the works. But before we get to that, I want to make sure the newest dads in the audience fully understand the seriousness of the Bugaboo cup...
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Mustela Hydra-Stick Lets Kid Self-Balm, Self-Moisturize

Putting lip balm on a toddler is like slipping a harness over the biggest pig in the pen and getting him to pull the portable pump back to The Man With The Yellow Hat's House so you can get the...
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Jizo, Mizuko, And The Japanese View Of Miscarriage

After her Princess Industrial Complex article a few weeks back, a friend reminded me of a much earlier article Peggy Orenstein had written for the NY Times Magazine about having a miscarriage while on assignment in Japan. I vaguely remembered...
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"That's My Friend!"

You want your kid to have friends, but then what if you don't like their friends? "Elmo and the Gecko Frog are my friends!" [via the kid just outside Baltimore on the way to NYC last week, image via usatoday]...
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