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• The list is out! Top baby names for 2011 are...

  Mon May 14, 2012
  • Victoria, my daughter can relate. We named her Deborah but called her Debby. When she was three years old she made the decision that she didn't want to be called Debby any more, but wanted to be called Deborah. She's 9 now.

• The list is out! Top baby names for 2011 are...

  Mon May 14, 2012
  • It's funny. I'm as white as can be, and yet my name, Karen, has of late become a "black" name! I worked at YWCA for a year, and every single child named Karen that came in was black!

• The list is out! Top baby names for 2011 are...

  Mon May 14, 2012
  • Oceana-1030, if it makes you feel better, we named our second daughter Elizabeth Adrienne. She's named after my step-grandfather, Adrien, who was the only REAL grandfather I had (and both of my grandmothers were married 3-4 times) and a GREAT man. I loved him and miss him horribly.

• Mom who used Facebook to discipline teen has no regrets

  Fri Apr 27, 2012
  • Mom was "embarrassed" in front of a few people, so she embarrasses her daughter in front of the world? How is that fair?

• Top 10 states to raise your child

  Tue Jan 24, 2012
  • Alaska must have ranked low in education, otherwise you would have said "I also took them to the Lower 48" instead of "I also took them to America". Newsflash: Alaska became an American state over 50 years ago!

• More college women speak in creaks, thanks to pop stars

  Mon Dec 12, 2011
  • Growing up with a lisp and a stutter, I worked for years to improve my speech. As a result, I'm careful of how I speak in front of my daughters. As a result, they have picked up MY vocal styling...and they don't like Ke$ha and have never heard Britney.

• What to say, and what NOT to say, to a woman who's had a miscarriage

  Fri Dec 9, 2011
  • I miscarried my FIRST pregnancy, so I didn't even have the comfort of "at least you have other children". Some of the more insensitive comments I got include: "You can have a lot of fun practicing!" "At least you didn't lose it after it was born; you didn't see or hold it."

• The most popular baby names of 2011, revealed

  Thu Dec 1, 2011
  • That's from Bill Cosby.

• The most popular baby names of 2011, revealed

  Thu Dec 1, 2011
  • My favorite Bee Gees song is "Fanny (Be Tender With My Love)". It's a great song. Not great enough for me to want to name a daughter after it!

• Millions savor Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade

  Thu Nov 24, 2011
  • I have never missed the parade, and this year was the first time my daughters remembered that it was coming and looked forward to watching it with me. Unlike most of these posters, I understand why the lip-synching is necessary.