Answers About Urban Parenting

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Following is a first set of answers from Erin Sheehan, the community editor for UrbanBaby, who took questions from readers during the week of Feb. 11 about parenting in New York City and other urban areas. Continue reading »

Bringing babies to bars at cocktail hour

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These days, little children are brought along to places that would have been considered inappropriate a generation ago: four-star restaurants, cocktail parties, rock concerts. But for all the sniping from adults who resent this territorial invasion, the onslaught shows no sign of letting up. In fact, one of its latest flash points is the local bar. Continue reading »

Mom Starts Online Toy Rental Service

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HOUSTON (AP) — After scouring the Internet to fill her house with only the best toys for her infant twin sons, Lori Pope hated to watch the clutter build as the boys lost interest.

If you can rent movies, video games and even handbags online, she thought, why not toys?

That’s the idea behind Baby Plays, a Web-based company Pope launched in October that allows parents to receive four or six toys in the mail every month, assembled and ready for playtime. Continue reading »

Study finds high levels of chemicals in infants using baby cosmetics

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Infants and toddlers exposed to baby lotions, shampoos and powders carry high concentrations of hormone-altering chemicals in their bodies that might have reproductive effects, according to a new scientific study of babies born in Los Angeles and two other U.S. cities. Continue reading »

Angelina having another high-risk pregnancy?

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There’s still no official bun in the oven, but sources close to Angelina Jolie say she’s not only with child, she’s facing a high-risk pregnancy. Life & Style reports that with twins — or possibly even triplets — on the way, Angelina and Brad Pitt are taking every safeguard to ensure the health of their babies-to-be. Continue reading »

Her return to tennis comes with baggage

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There were the nagging injuries, the desire to start a family and, when she did play, reporters asking the same tired question. Can you win another major?

So when Lindsay Davenport announced she was pregnant 13½ months ago, most assumed she had crushed her final forehand. Davenport included. Continue reading »

Brady proves that success comes with a price

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FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Perfection has its price. And no New England Patriots player seems more willing to pay the stiff cover charge than quarterback Tom Brady.
What he has made look so easy in 2007 — a single-season record 50 touchdown passes and 18 consecutive victories amid an MVP performance — belies the countless hours of lifting weights, throwing and watching videotape with his teammates. Those behind-the-scenes sacrifices don’t get nearly the kind of press the records and 18-0 ledger do. Continue reading »

Dads and daughters bring communication back

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Sometimes the lessons children learn at home can be more important than the lessons they learn in school. Family is a foundation for a child’s future relationships and parenting has a direct correlation to a child’s self-esteem and confidence. The impact and influence fathers have on their daughters during childhood and adolescence is incredibly long lasting. Research continues to show that girls who have fathers who are positively involved in their lives do better in school, are more likely to become confident adults and less likely to become sexually active at an early age. Continue reading »

Casey Affleck: Fatherhood Is ‘Transformative’

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Casey Affleck is on a hot streak – scoring a best supporting actor Oscar nomination for his role in The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford and starring in the critically acclaimed Gone Baby Gone.

But his most rewarding role to date? Playing dad to his two young sons. Continue reading »