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A Matter of Life: Suicide Awareness and Prevention

Motherhood can be a dream. Nothing compares to welcoming your own children into the world, to watching them take their first steps, to hearing their first words, to seeing them make friends, go to school, graduate, begin their careers, start families of their own... Motherhood can also be a nightmare. Nothing is more agonizing than…

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Unplanned Pregnancy: Co-Parenting With a Stranger?

Your period is late. Your friend-with-benefits or special handshake relationship wound up staying a night or two, as Todd Rundgren sang in his classic 1970s hook-up song, Hello Its Me. So unless the pregnancy test is a false positive, chances are youre pregnant.

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Michele Tafoya: A Woman Dominating in a Man’s World

ModernMom was honored and delighted to interview Michele Tafoya, one of the few successful female sports reporters. She’s interviewed everyone who is anyone in the sports arena – and she does it with ease and grace. We asked her about the challenges of being a female in a male-dominated field, and about how her career shifted when she became a mom. Read on for her inspiring and insightful comments: MM: You’ve had a lot of great reporting and announcing jobs. What has been your favorite thus far?