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Why Jenny McCarthy Doesn’t Matter

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The former Playmate is posing nude again for Playboy. Will McCarthy’s fee bolster the cause of Generation Rescue, her autism research organization that rejects vaccines as dangerous?

Are Your Kids Safe Alone at the Park?

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Lenore Skenazy, an advocate of “free-range parenting” is proclaiming Saturday a self-declared international holiday: “Take Our Children to the Park…And Leave Them There Day.”

Q&A with Breast-Feeding Mom Jamie Lynne Grumet

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A conversation with the woman on TIME’s May 21 cover

Why Maurice Sendak Insisted He Didn’t Write for Children

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The famed author and illustrator — who died Tuesday — was among the first writers to capture the intense emotions of childhood, drawing heavily on imaginary worlds. Why, he wondered, do adults stop playing make-believe?

My Sister, My Surrogate: After Battling Cancer, One Woman Receives the Ultimate Mother’s Day Gift

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Melissa Brown survived breast cancer at 26. Advised not to get pregnant afterward, she accepted with joy and trepidation her sister’s offer to be her gestational surrogate.

Dying Mom with Cancer Makes Final Effort to Stay with Her Kids

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Alaina Giordano, the mother with breast cancer who has been fighting a public battle for custody of her children, is on the verge of entering hospice. She is asking her estranged husband to allow their children to relocate with her to Pennsylvania, where her extended family lives.

Modern Family: More Likely to Be Multigenerational, Unmarried or Interracial

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New census data show that Americans are getting more creative in the way they play house.

Generation X Report: Men Spend More Time in the Kitchen

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Gen Xers are a lot more conscious about their food than their parents were — especially the men, who are cooking and shopping more and watching food TV as much as women.

Why Families Who Eat Together Are Healthier

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A new review of data adds to the evidence that families who eat together most often are healthier.

More Unwed Couples Are Having Babies

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About 1 in 4 babies are now born to unmarried couples, a rate that has nearly doubled since 2002, according to a recent report from the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).