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• DANCING WITH TEARS: What can our KID-O's learn from ballroom dancing?
• Posted by Opinionated MAMA • 10/4/11

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Monday night is “Dancing With The Stars” night at our house.  My daughter and I settle in expecting sequined costumes, lots of hair and makeup, songs we can sing along with, and that little bit of magic that comes into our living room as we watch beautiful couples moving together to music. Even their nervousness and behind the scenes rehearsal montages are exciting to us.  “See they really are...

• BOTOX BABY: Mom Loses Daughter After Injecting Her With Botox
• Posted by Opinionated MAMA • 5/17/11

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UPDATE 5/19 Indeed, it was a hoax.  "Botox mom" made the story up for money.  Her real name is Sheena Upton and The Sun paid her to lie.  Then, she claims that "Good Morning America" and "Inside Edition" paid her too. UCLA Medical Center confirms that Upton's daughter has never received Botox and the child was returned to her mother's care.  

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• BABY BOLT-ONS: Padded Bikini’s for Kids
• Posted by Opinionated MAMA • 3/28/11

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Would you buy a padded bikini top for your 8-year-old?  If you would, then you can buy one at Abercrombie & Fitch, because they are selling padded bikinis for little girls.  If you wouldn’t, then get in line with those who feel push up triangle tops are too sexy for young girls.  The suits are actually adorable, but are they age appropriate?

MOMism: “Sex sells.” Which is precisely the problem...

• KILLING US SOFTLY: Ads Make Women Feel Bad
• Posted by • 9/27/10

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Jean Kilbourne, US film-maker, has made a new documentary about print and television advertisements aimed at women that is destructive to their self-image.  The premise is that ads are portraying women in an unrealistic, unhealthy manner re-defining women’s perception of beauty and sexuality  Kilbourne has made films in the past dealing with alcohol and tobacco use, eating disorders and...

• QUE BELLA: Miss Mexico Wins Miss Universe
• Posted by • 8/25/10

Jimena Navarette won this years’ Miss Universe competition, beating out 83 other women.   During the pageant, Navarette was asked about children and unsupervised internet use and said, ”I do believe that Internet is an indispensable, necessary tool for the present time…we must be sure to teach them the values that we learned as a family.”

MOMism: “We've got the whole world in our hands.”  ...