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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. Kids need sleep! Lots of it! Don’t let those over-achieving kids of yours choose project perfection over another hour in bed, the latter’s better for their brains.

2. A bunch of Indian girls changed their names, preferring something pretty and/or inspiring rather than the Hindi equivalent of “Unwanted.”

3. Are these the 10 best kid characters on TV? It’s a given that Manny from Modern Family made the cut, but all the kids on that show are so good! Where are Luke, Alex and Haley? At least Luke! (Lily doesn’t count just yet)

4. The importance of play! KaBOOM!’s executive director writes on the Huffington Post that without unstructured play, we might not get another Steve Jobs.

5. This 2-year-old’s dad is overseas, so he makes videos for her.

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