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Bruce Jenner’s Battle With Skin Cancer

Bruce Jenner shared some sobering medical news this week, as the 63-year-old revealed that he recently underwent surgery for skin cancer. “I was diagnosed with a form of Melanoma called basal cell carcinoma and have undergone Mohs surgery to remove it,” Jenner told E! News.

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Mom’s Guide to Online Espionage

The Wall Street Journal (which, refreshingly for a biz publication, frequently captures the wacky dynamics of modern motherhood) ran a piece last Wednesday chronicling all the ways kids try to outsmart their moms and get onto Facebook and other social media sites that parents have forbidden. I read the article in our kitchen via old-school newsprint while my three kids hovered around me immersed in our familys iPhones, iPads, and Macbooks.

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The Battle of Baby Music Class Registration

I woke up at midnight last night to my alarm. The alarm that I set. On purpose. All because I did not want to miss getting a place in my one-year-old son’s music class. I could not risk losing out on one of the few coveted spots in the next spring session.