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Summer Surrender (7.26.10) It's a hot topic over here at my working-mom-run-company, Seven Stones : How do you work with the kids out of school? June was a wash for us in many ways, and for other moms...

Friend I hadn't seen since being pregnant: "Wow, you look amazing. I'd never believe you just had a baby!" Me: "Oh, stop." Me (in my head): "Please, don't stop..."...

Among certain circles, breast is undisputedly considered the best. Benefits for mom and baby are vast, and some mothers who do not or cannot breastfeed for some reason may even find themselves criticized...

Thanks to the locavore movement, people around the country are reducing their carbon footprints by finding their food sources closer to home. But for some families, even the movement’s proposed 100...