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Bad Choices, Bad Friend?

By naomi panzer | Published: March 28, 2011
Do the clothing choices your mom pal makes for her girls get in the way of your friendship? I know that may sound ridiculous, but I keep thinking about Abercrombie’s new push up bikini top for girls as young as seven, and as vile and disgusting as I think it is, I wonder how many [...]
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Are Playdates Like Vegas?

By naomi panzer | Published: January 5, 2011
I took my kids to see the Yogi Bear movie and was horrified when, instead of kid-appropriate previews, the theatre showed a Rihanna video for her whine/scream/song, Only Girl. I don’t know if any of you watch MTV anymore (not that they play videos anyway) but if you have seen this video, you can understand [...]
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Can this friendship survive children?

By Jodi Cohen | Published: May 2, 2010
After kids you may expect to drift apart from your childless pals. But not from friends with kids the same age. Or maybe not? It seems to come as a surprise to most of us when long term friends, the ones with whom we have so much in common and a rich shared history, have [...]
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Clash of the parenting styles

By Jodi Cohen | Published: November 3, 2009
  You love your friend.  You have so much in common: music, hobbies, religion, political leanings, clothing styles, careers before popping out kids.  But when it comes to parenting, even our closest friends can surprise us with their discipline choices.  Our friend  Sam is still recovering from behavior she observed while dining with her high [...]
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