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- How to grow and cook spinachA gardener and a chef team up with advice on growing and serving spinach. Plus a great spinach recipe.
- Meatless Monday: Falafel-crusted potatoes with red sauceMashed potato patties are coated with the Middle Eastern staple falafel, baked and served with Italian red sauce.
- Hollie Cavanagh gives advice to future American Idol singersHollie Cavanagh tells USA Today that on American Idol "You can't be just a voice. You have to show your personality." Hollie Cavanagh was eliminated from American Idol Thursday night.
- I Wish: movie reviewDirector Hirokazu Koreeda shows a strong affinity for the humors and longings of childhood in 'I Wish.'
- Under African Skies: movie reviewWhen Paul Simon played, apartheid as his backdrop.
- Time breastfeeding cover: Attachment parenting vs. an attached parentTime breastfeeding cover: It's as controversial for its breastfeeding toddler as for the actual content, and is all about 'The Baby Book,' the William Sears philosophy that has redefined the mother and baby relationship. But the Time magazine breastfeeding cover aside, aren't we all into "attachment" when it comes to our kids?
- NBC's '30 Rock,' 'Community,' and 'Parks and Recreation' will be renewed, sources sayHowever, all three NBC shows will have shortened seasons.
- FocusShare of working moms nearing all-time high, but has it gotten any easier?The percentage of mothers in the workforce is nearing record highs, leading to聽more societal acceptance and childcare options, but mothers still face a 'mommy wage gap' and other challenges.
- In JetBlue no-fly list mistake, toddler removedA toddler from a family of Middle Eastern descent was removed from a JetBlue flight because of what the airline called a glitch
- Top Picks: The soundtrack to the HBO series Treme, CNN's series about the postwar era, and more top picksNational Geographic follows paleoanthropologist Richard Leakey and his family, a videographer uniquely captures his children's lives, and more top picks.
- Romney a bully? A Columbine teacher's guide to shades of bullyingAs Mitt Romney's high school buddies talk in the media about a case of bullying, a Columbine teacher's guide to the different shades of a bully may help guide your own analysis of his long-ago behavior or the behavior you see in teens today.
- Proms and princesses: The Disney generation grows upProms and princesses: The Disney generation grows up and goes to high school, but the desire to look and feel like a princess does not necessarily go away. Savvy marketers have capitalized on the trend, and parents are paying for it.
- Judge creates unique problem-solving court to help unwed parentsA Minnesota judge creates unique problem-solving court to help unwed parents struggling to deal with the financial and emotional burdens of raising a child. The innovative Co-Parent Court aims to take place the focus on the well-being of the child.
- Girl Scouts under scrutiny from Catholic bishopsConservative criticism of alleged Girl Scouts policy on sexuality, birth control, and abortion pulls the organization back into the culture wars with an investigation by Catholic bishops. It's not the first time the girls have been caught in political crossfire.
- American Idol final three give tearful goodbye to Hollie CavanaghAmerican Idol results: The final three of Season 11's American Idol have been revealed. On Thursday, Hollie Cavanagh was eliminated from the competition, leaving Jessica Sanchez, Joshua Ledet, and Phil Phillips to compete for the title of American Idol.
- How to make garlic and herb skillet croutonsHomemade croutons are easy, economical, and delicious.
- Peony seasonWhen peonies bloom in spring, it's time to think about adding more next season. Singles or doubles may be the question.
- Dark Shadows: movie review (+trailer)Most of 'Dark Shadows' is not quite scary and not very funny.
- Maurice Sendak beloved by parents and kids around the worldMaurice Sendak, who passed away this week, was beloved by parents and kids around the world, who admired his unique storytelling abilities that could transport the reader into wild worlds of unfettered imagination and wonder.
- Time mag breastfeeding cover doubletake: What about the stats?The US ranks last among the 36 industrialized nations in support of breastfeeding. But the extended breastfeeding cover image 鈥 as in an elderly toddler suckling his mother's breast 鈥 is Time's angle into the American trend of attachment parenting.