News and Culture Five
What we’re reading today:
1. Did you see Friends With Kids? We were so into it and have enjoyed profiles on writer/director/producer/star/Jon Hamm girlfriend Jennifer Westfeldt, so we thought maybe you might enjoy this article about how the movie deals with marriage.
2. Speaking of movies, what is this Hunger Games thing everyone is talking about? Kidding! Bunch HQ is SO into the Hunger Games you don’t even want to know. We just couldn’t find a way to make it Bunchy the way we did with our Royal Wedding obsession last year. Anyway, should you take your kids to see it?
3. Hypnobirthing. Does anyone have any experience with it? Do they tell you lies? Jezebel mom Tracie Egan Morrissey says they tell you that you’re are a ball of white light.
4. How not to make your overweight child drop a few pounds: public shaming. Read more...
News and Culture Five
What we’re reading today:
1. “Does this have alcohol in it?” “Oh, God, honey, no! What kind of mother do you think I am? Why, do you want a little bit? Because if you’re going to drink I’d rather you do it in the house.” — Mean Girls. A recent study shows that supervised drinking does not help kids learn appropriate drinking habits.
2. Does a pregnant woman’s diet dictate whether or not her baby grows up to be obese?
3. Salon writer Caroline M. Grant says that raising kids means always living on a fault line, whether or not you’re actually living on a fault line.
4. So, there was this wedding this morning that is kinda hogging all the arts&life/style-type sections. Bookies in London, in addition to placing odds on what the Queen wears, bet that the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge will announce a baby next year. Read more...
