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2011-11

Why Can’t I Adopt? A Single Man’s Quest to Create a Family

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By: 
Kim Pleticha

Garry White knew he wanted to be a dad as soon as he graduated from college.

About: 

Kim Pleticha is the Editor and Publisher of Parent:Wise.

Adoption Myths

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By: 
Rita Soronen

For the past 20 years, the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption has successfully increased the awareness of the number of foster children in need of permanent, adoptive homes, as well as the need for qualified, well-supported foster and adoptive parents. The Foundation knows that there are children who need families and that there are families who want to adopt and is committed to bringing the two together.

About: 

Rita Soronen, executive director of the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption

Editor's Note: A World of Hope this Adoption Month

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By: 
Kim Pleticha

The deafening cacophony of our political landscape, coupled with the innumerable problems in the world, has blinded many of us to an incredible reality: most things actually are better today than th

My Rant/Open Letter to the Daylight Savings Guy

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By: 
Janet Frongillo

Dear Man Who Invented Daylight Savings,

Ignorance is Not Bliss

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By: 
Gina Faubion

Breast cancer wasn’t supposed to happen to me.

About: 

Gina Faubion is an Austin mother of three. She will be at this year’s Race for the Cure on Nov. 13 in downtown Austin. She —and all of us here at Parent:Wise— hope that you will join us!

Lullabelly Prenatal Music Belt

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Price: 
$55

Marketed to parents who want to give their unborn babies a leg-up on Harvard, the Lullabelly plays to every parent’s fear/desire for their children to be smart, successful and well adjusted.

Elks & Angels Huggie Bear

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Price: 
$50

Call us clueless, but we just don’t understand this item. Honestly, it seems like a waste of beautiful Australian sheepskin. Basically, the Huggie Bear is an unstuffed teddy bear.

Everyday Minerals

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Price: 
$16-20

When we first saw these little cosmetics, we didn’t know what to think. After all, we’d never tried rolling on eye shadow before.

DaBib

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Price: 
$13

Moms and dads of messy eaters rejoice! Finally, a bib that really will keep your baby (or toddler) clean.

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