The Parents Zone

I didn’t intend to follow-up on the previous post any time soon, but there is one thing I feel needs to be clarified sooner rather than later . . . it wasn’t her choice.

It’s hard to imagine, but if you read the comments on the post where I discussed my mother giving a child up for adoption and never once mentioning it, you’ll see proof — it was common practice in the days before Roe vs. Wade. I don’t know anything about statistics or causation, I just know that for as much as society has always preached “adoption is an option,” we certainly don’t manage to create an atmosphere that makes that an easy thing.

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By Dana Macario

There’s something special about watching your favorite childhood movies with your own children, a little bit of cinematic nostalgia, if you will. Except, when you forget about that one scary scene and your kids wind up totally freaked out…

Julia Roberts, this week’s CMC, is finding herself in a bit of a pickle these days, as she’s slated to play the evil witch in the new “Snow White” remake. The only problem? She’s not telling her seven-year-old twins about her new role, because the cartoon witch in the Disney version gave them nightmares and made them cry.

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Previously, we talked about how DoctorBase and other websites can provide you with answers to many of your questions. Today, we’ll look at some websites that provide excellent medical and health related advice.

MedicineNet is owned and operated by WebMD. It provides easy-to-read, in-depth, medical information for consumers in a user-friendly site. Since 1996, MedicineNet.com has used a panel of medical professionals to provide up-to-date medical information. T

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The growth hormone diet is a kind of diet that can boost the natural growth hormones of the body. The principal enhancer to make the diet effective is the HCG or the Human Choriogonadotropin. This substance is a hormone produced by pregnant women in the early stages.

This HCG is injected to a dieter along with the required food to eat. Since HCG lets the fats and vitamins form into a new placenta during the first stages of pregnancy, when used for weight loss for non-pregnant women and dieters, it works through the hormones itself and develops the muscles to eliminate fats. Read full post…