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Mommy Myth Buster

Many parenting "news" items are lies, myths, exaggerations and marketing designed to scare parents into buying products. Here we bust up those myths and reveal the truth so we can relax and enjoy parenthood.
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Myth 8: Swim suits with mom skirts hide flaws.

Posted on August 6, 2008 by Angeline Duran Piotrowski

They don’t.

Filed under: Self Esteem | Tagged: fashion, mom, skirt, suit, swim | 7 Comments »

Myth 5: Sexism is a fact.

Posted on August 4, 2008 by Angeline Duran Piotrowski

It turns out that sexism is in the eye of the beholder.

Filed under: Self Esteem, Uncategorized | Tagged: sexism | 5 Comments »

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The Academy recommends that the public obtain vitamin D from nutritional sources and dietary supplements, and not from unprotected exposure to ultraviolet (UV) radiation from the sun. Nevermind that humans are designed to absorb vitamin D from the sun and for millions of years have done so. Because the AAD wants us to live forever we should shun biology and evolution and take a pill to obtain nutrition. Has anyone see the movie Wall-E? We can take a lesson from it.

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SafeKids.org sells this tool for $12.50. Who are the intended consumers? Blind parents or those who can't tell the difference between "big" and "small"? What up Safe Kids? This item is a) condescending, b) can be replaced with a toilet paper tube, c) purchased from DiscoverThis.com for $1.99?!

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Your kids messed up? Blame your cell phone.
They try to blame everything from a child's emotional problems to hyperactivity on the mother's use of a cell phone while pregnant.
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