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What we’re reading today:

1. Parents! Use the same logic on family decisions as you would for business decisions. You want to make sure you’re getting a good ROI.

2. Commercial surrogacy in India is growing. Would you ever look overseas for a surrogate if you couldn’t have a baby yourself?

3. Heard about that 5-year-old black comedian Zay Zay? He jokes about how black parents yell too much and that they’ll threaten to pop him if doesn’t fix his face. Um… we can’t relate, but Slate writer Debra Dickerson can and it brought up some unpleasant memories. Why’s Zay Zay joking about it?

4. Don’t worry about raising a Mama’s Boy; it’s maybe at those exact moments where moms have been told to let their sons go that the sons need them the most.

5. Want to dance like Liz Lemon? Of course you do! Tina Fey shows you how:  Read more...

What we’re reading today:

1. Why doesn’t Google Kids exist? Good question! Great argument from a dad at Slate.

2. One mom swipes some blush across her cheeks and catches her baby daughter transfixed by and mimicking the act. Whoops.

3. What makes a great sensory playground? Washington Post parenting blogger Mari-Jane Williams tests three in her area.

4. Gwyneth talks family pride and acceptance on GOOP: “Two mommies? How lucky is she!?” Paltrow says to Apple after Apple’s learned that a girl in her class does indeed have two mommies.

5. Let’s all take a moment and think about our dance moves circa 1991, shall we? Also, this is a lesson to always record your kids doing awesome stuff that they will LOVE seeing 20 years from now.

ME AT NINE, PERFORMING TO MADONNA IN SUMMER ’91! from Robert Jeffrey on Vimeo.  Read more...