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The deadly Mother’s club

Re-posted from mother of two.
Marie Claire magazine featured an article in its May 2007 edition about a certain mother’s club that exists in Japan. This club supposedly is composed of mothers within a community. Membership to the club is believed to be essential to one’s child’s success in school and in the community with [...]

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Are drop boxes the answer to abortion?

There is a new system that opened in a Tokyo hospital called “Stork’s Cradle”. This Catholic run hospital set up drop-boxes in the hopes of discouraging parents to abandon their children in parks, and other public places that are potentially harmful to them.
This drop-box system allows anyone to drop off their children to an [...]

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Make your mama proud

No, this post is not related to this famous band. This post is just that… making mama proud.. the mama being me.
I went to my kid’s school today for the standard parent-teacher meeting that happens at the end of each semester.
The meeting went like most meetings like this would go. We talked about [...]

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On family abandonment in the Philippines

I came across this article from Inquirer.net while researching about something that was mentioned by Katrina Legarda in our IWD celebration. It gave more insight into what I have observed in my short stay in Singapore and what has been a-buzz among my friends who are either abroad or are left behind by wives or [...]

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Tip: Understanding Women

Men are naturally competitive… especially with other men. We all know that. Women are not. We only become “competitive” with other women… when it comes to men’s attention. And that about sums it up.
Women will not be pushed into a competition especially by the people they love. And we will never respond to a [...]

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