Mommy's little helper.
Are they thinking pink in the Beckham household? Long before Victoria Beckham announced her fourth pregnancy, the former Spice Girl let the public in on her desire to add a baby girl to her family. Now rumor has it that the mom to three boys made significant changes to her diet in order to increase her chances of conceiving a daughter. For hundreds of years moms-to-be have tried to influence the Read more
A mother of two boys may decide to give it her all with one last pregnancy in hopes of fulfilling her life long dream of having a daughter to keep her company on shopping trips and spa days. Parents desperate to determine the gender of their baby often turn to old wives tales hoping to see the family jewels during an ultrasound. Some of these ideas sound ridiculous while others have an ounce of Read more
Random people always want to take a guess at a baby-to-be's gender based on the expecting mother's girth, fullness of face, morning sickness, or other factors. There may be some truth to those pregnancy myths, but I decided to be surprised in the delivery room. Now that I'm on the other side, I can look back and see differences between my pregnancies. My daughter gave me a tinge of morning Read more
We're happy to present this story from one of our favorite sites, The Good Men Project. Today, Agustín Fuentes points out that when it comes to men and women, what "everyone knows" isn’t what science shows. Everyone knows that men and women are really different. We think differently and act differently because we are wired differently. I mean look at our brains and genitals: they are just Read more
We're happy to present this story from one of our favorite sites, The Good Men Project. Noah Brand makes the case for a non-adversarial model of gender. I get asked, from time to time, what I think about the “war between feminists and MRAs (Men's Rights Activists).” I’ll be frank — I don’t think there’s any such thing. It’s like asking me what I think of the demolition of Read more
We're happy to present this excerpt from one of our favorite sites, YourTango. It's considered common knowledge that the things people fight over the most are sex and money. Did you know that it's not true? A recent survey conducted by YourTango revealed that the number one reason people fight is because they don't feel appreciated by their partner. Communication issues ranked second. Read more
"Now you can try for a girl!" Those were the first words out of a friends' mouth after I gave birth to my second baby boy. Though I was taken aback at the time, I've come to expect it. I've been stopped by strangers on the street who seem to think I need to add a baby of the opposite gender to my brood in order for it to be complete. And it appears that I'm not alone. Earlier this year, while Read more
We are pumped to share one of our favorite stories from Health.com here on our site. Does your metabolism grind to a halt after 35? Can certain foods rev it up? Answers ahead — and they're good. By Paige Greenfield Here's something to feel good about: your body is a calorie-burning machine. You'll even torch a few while reading this article. The point is, every single thing you do — Read more
We're happy to present this excerpt from one of our favorite sites, YourTango. Every now and then, science does us a favor and sheds some much-needed light on the differences between men and women. Given the number of misconceptions there are about love, a group of psychologists took it upon themselves to review existing research and debunk six sex and gender myths most of us believe, although Read more
When it comes to gossiping, women have always been queen. However, a new study found that men actually spend more time idly chattering than women, but does that make them the gossipy gender? Full disclosure, I'm getting this information from the Daily Mail, but its reporter talked to a very real psychologist, Geoffrey Beattie at Manchester University. "Female 'nattering,'" he says, "is little Read more
