FWIW, my 3rd child (and the only one who was born when I was over 30) has autism and I have noticed that the parents of the other kids in the autism preschool class all are quite a bit older than me and older than most of the parents of neurotypical preschoolers I know. So I have a hard time believing that there isn't…

People in their EARLY 20's have always been broke, but until maybe 15-20 years ago it was fairly easy to move on from the just-got-out-of-school-working-entry-level-job broke by one's mid-to-late 20's. That's the difference.

My oldest was born when I was 25 and at the time I felt like I should make up a T-shirt reading: No, I'm not the nanny. Yes, I am married. No, it wasn't a "shotgun" wedding. Yes, I'm a college graduate. And it is none of your f***ing business whether or not she was planned!"

I don't think there was a big campus rape problem back when colleges had parietal rules for their female students. Treating college women like adults capable of making their own decisions has both pros and cons. I think most of us would agree that giving women greater freedom outweighs the unfortunate side effect of a…

The difference is that virtually EVERY baby is ugly as a newborn, while only some women are. So it's nothing personal- most of the ugly newborns will be perfectly decent-looking when they are a bit older.

Unless they fire their dumbass CEO, I don't think it's going to make any iota of difference.

My aunt, who did some fashion modeling as a teen, was apparently a very homely baby. So you never can tell with infants.

I love older babies but newborns are almost uniformly ugly. My 3 looked like they had gotten beat up in a boxing match.

My husband's sister insisted that my then-2.5 y.o. (who was subsequently diagnosed with autism no less) be one of the flower girls at her wedding. I tried to talk her out of it but Bridezilla SIL wouldn't be deterred. Fortunately my DD did manage to make it down the aisle without incident but I missed most of the…

eBay is your friend. Just make sure your kid doesn't spill anything on it so you can resell it after the event.

Am I the only one who thinks the whole shorts-over-leggings look is dumb? The velvet shorts are cute but not with the leggings.

I thought the average fertility rate has been falling faster than previously projected so that the population estimates were revised downward quite a bit recently? The peak is now projected to be in the 9-10 billion range rather than 12-15 billion as previously estimated.

Researchers have found that when both spouses are college graduates, are at least 22 at the time of marriage, and neither has been married before, 6 out of 7 will NOT divorce http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/19/hea…

I'd be tempted to write back "is for horses, better for cows, pigs would eat it but they don't know hows". That's what my dad would always say to me growing up if he heard me saying "hey!"

The thing is that I'd assume any guy who listed his height as 5'9" was actually at least a couple of inches shorter than that. I've heard too many horror stories from my single friends about guys lying through their teeth on their dating profiles.

Running around after kids works in one's 20's assuming decent genes. My town's mothers' club had a pedometer challenge one time with a goal of 10k steps per day. I was shocked to discover that on days when I didn't specifically exercise I was getting 14k steps in just running around after my kids (and cleaning up…

She also buys my daughters things like sports equipment and science kits so I don't want to give the impression that she only buys them "girly" stuff. It's just that she no longer boycotts the "girly" stuff out of feminist principle.

Sadly, I don't think that "feminism" is Western's society's default setting now. Maybe among your social circle it is, but I know plenty of people who still consider women to be 2nd class citizens.

Her body is a gift from God and she should treat it as such. As an adult, she'll be free to treat it like garbage if she chooses (not just promiscuity but also poor diet, smoking, abusing alcohol or drugs, etc.) As a parent I can try to teach her good values but at the end of the day she has free will and it's up to…

I believe in chastity rather than purity. The problem I have with "purity" is that it stigmatizes victims of sexual assault.