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by Stacey
The Democratic primary season is over and I’m psyched. Obama is our man. He is the perfect person to take back the White House. I especially liked this quote in his speech last night in St. Paul, Minnesota. “Thank you to my grandmother who helped raise me and is sitting in Hawaii somewhere […]

by Stacey
A researcher from the University of California Berkeley and mother of two, says that moms do their kids a favor when they make time for themselves. Hurray! According to this blog post by Christine Carter executive director of the Greater Good Science Center, happy mothers may make happy children.
Carter says she regularly takes time […]

by Stacey
Sometimes scientists wonder, what’s the point of Grandma? She’s past her childbearing years. What’s she really got to offer? I just learned this by reading this post on the NY Times health blog.
Are grandmothers an evolutionary necessity? The contributions of older women to society have long been debated by anthropologists. In the animal […]