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What we’re reading today:

1. Older mothers seem to be on the receiving end of a lot of prejudice, why aren’t older dads?

2. Advice from the Kielburgers — What to do when your kid comes home and says they want to change the world? Listen, ask follow up questions, then check in with them the next morning. “Ultimately, you want to channel their passion into a healthy and lasting appetite for social involvement.”

3. The pregnancy photo shoot: it’s a thing. (Just be careful not to veer into awkward family photo territory)

4. You have a baby: best excuse to get out of things you don’t want to do?

5. Kids struggling in geography? Just play this a few dozen times:

Photo via Awkward Family Photos

What we’re reading on the blogs today:

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Do you want parenting advice from Whitney Houston? Of course you do!! Babble collected nuggets of parenting wisdom from 25 celebrities, including Tina Fey, Elisabeth Hasselbeck and Hugh Jackman. Angelina’s advice was disappointingly sensible. And Ms. Houston’s – “I think it’s a very important thing to allow our children to express themselves.”

Huffington Post blogger Jeanne Ponessa Fratello, has five tips to keep your kids eating healthy over the holidays. She advocates for routine and an abundance of parent-approved foods while not being militant about it at all. So… gingerbread + royal icing + smarties ≠balanced meal?  Read more...