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What we’re reading today:

1. Any parents/step-parents navigating the whole blended family thing? Rebecca Eckler talks about raising her daughter with her fiance, his two daughters, while expecting a new half-sibling for these three girls.

2. For all those following the gong show that is the GOP primaries, do you miss Bachmann a little? Apparently Rush Limbaugh isn’t the only one who doesn’t understand how birth control works, because Michele Bachmann was talking about birth control and how once the state gets involved, it won’t take much before America has a one-child policy.

3. Older parents think that childless 30-somethings should get a move on it.

4. Do you think that the public school system needs some work? Here’s why being a part of it can help make it better.  Read more...

What we’re reading today:

1. Is TV too pro-baby?

2. Some people find large family gatherings that happen around the holidays crazy stressful. Here’s some advice for someone who dreads them.

3. Cute: A dad writes into Jezebel asking for book suggestions for his 13-year-old daughter.

4. So yeah, that kid who told Michele Bachmann his gay mom doesn’t need fixing: Should we use kids in politics? With the Bachmann thing, we’d like to believe it was kid coming up with the idea, then getting shy and his mom just encouraging him, not pushing him.

5. The Quidditch World Cup!

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What we’re reading today:

1. How to take a baby on a plane OR what one mom learned from the internet about how she’d be regarded should she ever dare to bring her baby on a plane.

2. Understanding tantrums: They’re either angry or sad and you want it make it end as soon as possible. Don’t do anything when they’re angry (throwing stuff) and scoop them up in a hug when they’re sad (throwing themselves on the floor).

3. Those pesky babies taking up space in restaurants even though they’re not eating anything! One UK restaurant has started charging parents a head tax for the baby.

4. Mommy drinks because you cry and other drunk mom jokes. (Some Washington DC parents got together “to talk about the consequences of modern parents’ embrace of wine-accompanied playdates”)  Read more...