Celebrities and Parenting
Posted by: J Corbin, March 18, 2009 in 6:23 am
When Salma Hayek spontaneously decided to start breastfeeding an ailing infant in Africa it made headlines across the world. Reactions ranged from concern and outrage to compassion and admiration. The actress herself admitted that she was filled with conflicting feelings afterward, not because she cared what people thought, but because she worried that her own child might think it was an act of betrayal. In the end she was proud of her actions and hoped that her daughter would understand and grow up to be a caring and generous person. Yet many still frown upon her actions for reasons that are far too selfish in our increasingly despairing world. Why should helping a baby in need ever be seen as anything but good?
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Posted by: Michael Sajkowicz, February 12, 2009 in 1:49 am
A new Johns Hopkins study shows a dangerous link between low Vitamin D levels in teens and the risk of diabetes and heart disease.
After groundbreaking surgery that removed six of her vital organs, temporarily at least, seven year old Heather McNamara heads home to a family that couldn’t be happier.
The Girl Scouts don’t get this whole internet thingy and ban online cookie sales.
Today’s lesson on Sesame Street is subtraction and percentages as they cut 20% of its staff.
In return for not teleporting all of us into another dimension, the ten smartest kids in the country are named winners in the Intel Science Talent Search.
Meanwhile, after flopping at the box office, the Jonas Brothers head back to work with a summer tour.
Anne Heche has named her newborn son Atlas and nobody shrugged.
America’s favorite role models for unwed teenage parenting, Bristol Palin and Levi Johnston, decide to call off their engagement.
Posted by: honestbaby, September 28, 2008 in 10:44 pm
When my first baby was only twelve days old, I left him with a babysitter to go to a film premiere. I felt awful and guilty, but I wasn’t passing up the opportunity to be at the launch of a film I worked on for over two years. Some of my friends balked that I could do such a thing, and to be honest, I didn’t last very long. Stressed and overwhelmed with new motherhood, I spent more time looking for a dress to fit into than actually being at the party. Since then I have marveled at actresses who show up at events without their new babies, looking calm, together and of course fabulous.
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Posted by: honestbaby, July 28, 2008 in 12:57 am
When my first baby was only twelve days old, I left him with a babysitter to go to a film premiere. I felt awful and guilty, but I wasn’t passing up the opportunity to be at the launch of a film I worked on for over two years. Some of my friends balked that I could do such a thing, and to be honest, I didn’t last very long.
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Posted by: Jill Besnoy, January 7, 2007 in 8:20 am
When my first baby was only twelve days old, I left him with a babysitter to go to a film premiere. I felt awful and guilty, but I wasn’t passing up the opportunity to be at the launch of a film I worked on for over two years. Some of my friends balked that I could do such a thing, and to be honest, I didn’t last very long.
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