Yes, the Eliot Spitzer story is huge. Here is a personal angle to it. Thank you, Exurban Mom! -Elisa

The situation with Eliot Spitzer mirrors a situation in my friend group, and all of us in the group just don't know what to do.  How do you handle the philanderer in your midst?

Editor's Note: Great topic! I know I am much more paranoid about this than my parents ever were. And yes, I too, have checked out my local Megan's law website. Creepy. -Elisa

Atrios linked to a blogger who was referencing this story in the L.A. Times about kids walking to school alone.  I really related to this story.  Follow me on the flip to talk about why...

How do you handle the mom in the neighborhood who is "that mom?"

Jump with me, little children...

My dearly beloved sister-in-law is pregnant with her first child, and I've been sending her little articles of advice, tidbits, helpful things I've learned over the past 5 years of parenthood.  All of this comes with the caveat that I fully expect her and my brother to create their own way of parenting, and ignore my advice if it doesn't suit their parenting style.

Having said that, what advice would you give to a new mom?  What things do you wish someone had told you when you were pregnant?

Ahhh, we're finally getting closer to the real reasons underlying the Republican assault on women's rights and contraception:  it's that abortion prevents the birth of cheap labor!

But that's not all!  By not having babies, we women are causing the decline and fall of western civilization!

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