Beauty for Babies

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In this installment of “Love, Recorded,” baby Grace explores the modeling industry and Matt writes about selling and scams and the monetary value of babies.

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Huggies: Get Over the Gender Thing, Will Ya?

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Jim Higley watched the new Huggies commercial that puts the emphasis on dads. And it’s got his underwear in knots.

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On Divorce, Co-Parenting, Learning to Love Your Ex, and Other Stuff

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With all horrible stories about divorce, Mark Greene has a different view: With work and patience, divorce can bring more joy into everyone’s lives.

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I’d Suck at Being a Teen Today

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“A teenage me would be only a glimmer when compared to most kids today.”

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What Korea Means to Me

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In the latest installment of “Love, Recorded,” Matt talks about his adoption, returning to Korea, and how parenting is culture shock.

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I Bought My 18-Month-Old a Knife

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Niel Vuolo needed something to pass on to his son, so he bought him something sharp.

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My Son Is a Satanist, and I’m Proud of It

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Fivel Rothberg’s son thinks Satan is cooler than God. What’s the big deal?

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Don’t Tell Me We Make Our Own Luck

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In this installment of “Love, Recorded,” Matt questions the idea of luck as one unfortunate event after another befalls his family in the new year. ♦◊♦ We are poor enough that instead of a door to our kitchen, we have a shower curtain. The rod is too long for the opening, so I lodged it between [...]

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25 Ways of Thinking About the Holidays

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In the first Love, Recorded of 2012, Matt looks back at the holidays, the baby turns 6-months-old and vulnerable, and the family plays Sleeping Lions. ♦◊♦ 1. When I was growing up, we spent most Christmases at the house my parents got as a wedding present from my great aunt, who lived through three nominal [...]

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Mars Isn’t Such a Nice Place

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There are good men out there, Sam Christensen writes, but they’re they exception rather than the rule.

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A Letter to My Future Son

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Max Dubinsky writes to his son before he is born.

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Livin’ at the Corner of Dad & Technology: When it’s Time for the ‘Tech’ Talk

"The Talk" has changed, along with the reasons for it.

Times have changed. The birds and the bees talk isn’t what it once was. We can either wax poetic, or adapt with the times.

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Are You Consumed By Fear?

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For Craig Playstead, fear ends when life begins.

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Livin’ at the Corner of Dad & Technology: Kids & Perception of Time

Time, is nothing but perception.

A child’s perception of the passing of time is much different than an adults. Parents might have forgotten that. Slow down time though, spend it with our children.

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Best of 2011: My Daughter

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In the latest “Love, Recorded,” Matt takes on the new year, best of lists, worst of lists, and the rash, while wondering about the changes past and to come. Baby Grace has a big year ahead of her.

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Early Childhood Education

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The “Love, Recorded” column is back, and Matt and Cathreen are educating baby Grace. How early is early education?

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