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Shower gift charade is a farce

Dear Miss Manners: In the last few years, I have become aware of a new custom in bridal showers that seems troubling: The bride lives across the country, and is coming to town for a bridal shower (or baby shower) hosted by a good friend of her mother’s.

Carolyn Hax: A hostess who would rather not host

Dear Carolyn: My brother and his wife are expecting a little boy this spring. We’re all very excited, and I’ve offered to host the baby shower. The problem is that the parents-to-be are putting all kinds of conditions on the shower. They want it to be co-ed, because my sister-in-law doesn’t want to have all the attention on her. They also don’t want to open gifts at the shower. Read full article ...

Vintage stroller inspires party theme

A baby shower is a delicate affair and attention to detail makes all the difference. Columnist Barb Lunter recently attended a shower on the North Shore and noticed some standout items that added to the special day.

Carolyn Hax: Children and unfaithful parents

While I’m away, readers give the advice. On seeing children as the victims when their parents have affairs: Because of social stigma, social conditioning and financial dependence, my mother’s best option was to stick it out in a crazy marriage with my angry and childish and self-absorbed father, who is incapable of forming a relationship with any human being. Read full article >>

Baby Instructions: How do I tell my child about a new brother or sister?

You're having another baby — how exciting, but a little scary! You are wondering how to prepare your first child for the new baby. When should you talk about it? How many details should you share? Will you be able to handle two little ones?

Kelly Rowland Treats Blue Ivy to Bob Marley

One love! BeyoncÃ©'s Destiny Child bandmate picks up an adorable onesie for the newborn

Fun Ideas

I'm always looking for a cleaver idea for crafting, baking and candy molds. Home made gifts are my favorite type of gift, as the other person has to really think about what you really like and make . . .

Twin wants to tie and untie the knot (1/19/2012)

Dear Amy: I am 22 years old, in graduate school, and living with my identical twin sister. We both have very serious boyfriends. I have been dating mine for more than two years, and she has been with her boyfriend for one year.

Film Clips: Big Chronicle of Rampling in Black

OPENING TODAY BIG MIRACLE (PG) When a family of gray whales become trapped under ice shelf in the Arctic Circle, a small town in Alaska rallies behind a young boy's attempts to save them. A feel-good film starring The Office's Josh Krasinski and Drew Barrymore.… [ Read more ] [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]

Denene Millner: Birthing While Black: An Experience I'll Never Forget

There are a ton of things I'll never forget about the first time I gave birth. What I most remember? That the hospital and workers where I had my first daughter sullied what should have been one of the most amazing days of my life.