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A Name Isn't Just a Name
I was named after a shrub in my parents' yard that never flowered until the day I was born. My daughter is named for the most beautiful place I've ever visited, and my son after a character in a book I read in college, whose name means happiness. I had a hard enough time adding my married name to the end of my given one, so I can't imagine changing the seven letters that I've been known by all my life.
Campbell Brown Covers Pregnancy
Pregnancy Magazine has a triple threat on this month's cover — Campbell Brown's got beauty, brains, and a baby on the way. In the upcoming issue, which hits stands on Thursday, the 39-year-old correspondent who recently left NBC for CNN discusses the changes pregnancy has brought on — root beer cravings and a nesting instinct to wake up at 6 a.m. and clean closets.Hate Trying New Foods? Blame Your Genes
If you know anyone who has a fear of new foods — food neophobia — it might not be their attitude, it might actually be their genes.
In a recent study at University College of London, scientists determined that almost 80 percent of children's tendency to dislike unfamiliar foods was inherited. Dr.
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Mother Stands by Her Transgender Child
The responsibility of raising a child to be a contributing member of society can be enough pressure to drive a mother crazy. Add illness, divorce, other traumatic events or life's natural happenings and parents may reach their limits much earlier.
One Omaha mother is determined to put her eight-year-old child's needs first as he is certain he is a girl trapped in a boy's body.
Would You Demand to Know if Hubby Fathered Love Child?
Embedded video from CNN VideoLike many wives, Elizabeth Edwards made a life with her husband, John. The couple had four children and lost their eldest son to a tragic car accident. Elizabeth supported John on two presidential campaign tickets and even as she battled cancer.
Kidmazing: Tot Knows How to Break 'Em on the Pool Table!
Embedded video from CNN VideoA 23-month-old doesn't come to mind when one conjures up the image of a pool shark, but it should. Keith O'Dell, 23 months old, keeps his eye on the eight ball and can't stand to scratch! The tot who is likely still in diapers spends two to three hours a day angling his stick around his mini felt table perfecting shots.
Lil Girl's Last Wish to Marry Her 7-Year-Old Sweetheart
Embedded video from CNN VideoMost parents dream of their daughter's wedding day, but don't expect it to come when their daughter is just nine-years-old. Jayla Cooper, a child in Texas given a death sentence with cancer, recently celebrated her marriage to a fellow patient, Jose Griggs, in front of their family and friends. The two promised to be friends forever.
Nanny Saves Toddler During Mumbai Siege
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We all live with the hope that our caregivers would give life or limb for our child in the event of an emergency, but rarely does a situation come to the point where the person needs to do so. One of the most miraculous stories to come out of the massacre in Mumbai last week was the heroism of Sandra Samuel, the nanny who risked her own life by whisking two-year-old Moshe Holtzberg to safety in the immediate aftermath of the attacks. After spending the night of the bombings hidden in a storage closet, Samuel heard the toddler calling for her.
The Obama Girls Will Get Presidential Perks, But at a Price
Malia and Sasha Obama have already been promised a puppy by their president-elect papa, Barack, and as America's first daughters, we're sure many luxuries will be afforded to them. But every slumber party thrown at the White House comes with a price says a recent CNN article — the girls will grow up in the public eye and under the watch of their parents and the Secret Service. The piece discussed the media scrutiny and antics that long haunted past presidential kids.
Seven-Year-Old Breaks into Zoo, Kills Reptiles and Feeds Croc
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Not all seven-year-olds spend their time hanging out in the school yard. A while back, lil Latarian Milton stole his grandmother's SUV and it took it for a joyride plowing through things in his path, but now an Australian boy of the same age has done something even more frightening. The child broke into the Outback zoo and killed 13 reptiles in a rampage some of which he fed to a crocodile.
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