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Necessity may be the mother of invention. But now more than ever, it seems that motherhood is a springboard. In fact, so many mothers are taking the entrepreneurial plunge that they have earned their own label: mompreneurs. "Moms are noticing needs in the marketplace that their parenthood gives them the vision to see," says Ellen Parlapiano, co-author of Mompreneurs: A Mother's Practical Step-by-Step Guide to Work-at-Home Success. "They're filling those niches instead of waiting for someone else...
...refrigerator), questions I never thought to ask (wash your hands for the length of Yankee Doodle) and answers to questions that have been asked of me. Once on a bus through San Francisco's Chinatown, a recent immigrant took some pants out of a Gap bag, pointed to the label and asked me, "What is twill?" If only back then I'd had page 198 under my belt...
...opposed to whatever it is that Spears does) and will provide her with more say in her career. Or so she hopes. "It's my life," she says. "My career. I'm a 19-year-old who wants to explore different things, like different hair colors, and the label just has to accept that...
...moved quickly to showcase that training. Even before the label released her eponymously titled debut album last year, it set up small concerts in hotels and nightclubs in New York City, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Toronto and Minneapolis featuring Aguilera accompanied only by a pianist. The audience in each venue consisted of music critics and music-industry representatives. Most teen stars lack the talent to pull off such intimate performances and have to build audiences with mall appearances. Says Aguilera's manager, Steve Kurtz: "There's no way to fake it in a small room with these major players listening...
...relatively mild drug with well-known side effects, nobody is sure what it does to the rapidly developing brain of the very young child. There are no good studies. That's why manufacturers warn against its use in children under 6. It says so right on the label. Doctors, of course, can prescribe drugs for so-called off-label use, but they usually do it when the diagnosis is clear and there are no alternatives...