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Typical working mom? No, a wild baboon living on the plains of Kenya. But in ways that are deeper and more resonant than most people realize, female baboons and other nonhuman primates are typical working moms. They struggle with the same challenges that human mothers face and work out surprisingly similar solutions. Tamarin mothers in the Amazon Basin rely on aunts and grandmothers to tend the young while the mothers forage for food. Moms and dads among Brazil's titi monkeys take turns minding the kids and bringing home the bacon, just as in any well-adjusted two-income human...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Mother Nature Teaches Us About Motherhood | 5/8/2000 | See Source »

Heather Knotts, 35, of Chicago, a career mom, walks just this kind of parenting tightrope. Holding down a demanding job in an advertising agency, she works even harder at home, rearing a daughter, 5, and a son, 2. If Knotts and her husband had their way, she would set aside being adwoman and work full time as a mom. That was what they had planned. "After our first child was born, we knew I'd have to keep working," she says, "but we thought it would be for only a couple of years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Mother Nature Teaches Us About Motherhood | 5/8/2000 | See Source »

...Mom, who is my father...

Author: By Soman S. Chainani, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: In the (K)now | 5/5/2000 | See Source »

...going to go Tae Bo on his ass... Ok, I have issues with People's 50 Most Beautiful in the World Issue. Why all the random actors and actresses? This is the _world_ we're talking about, right? Why are almost all of the chosen stars American? My mom's a People junkie, so I asked her what she thought. "As long as they don't pick Nicole Kidman, I'm satisfied."... A line I've heard quite a bit this week. "So what are you doing Friday night?" "Ugh. My boyfriend wants to see Gladiator."... Last week will...

Author: By Soman S. Chainani, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: In the (K)now | 5/5/2000 | See Source »

...bother inviting them (they're excruciatingly dull). But if you're thinking about building a new car and want to make it as safe as possible for drivers and passengers of all sizes, these are the folks to turn to. America, meet the crash test dummy family: Mom, Dad and three kids. According to an announcement Friday from the U.S. Transportation Department, this nuclear gang will begin replacing traditional one-size-fits-all dummies in automobile crash tests immediately, thereby enhancing the efficacy of air bags and other safety devices...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Family That Crashes Together, Saves Together | 5/5/2000 | See Source »

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