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Video: Commercial Surrogacy in India


Some parents who want a baby are heading to India, but not for adoption: They’re finding surrogate mothers to carry and birth their baby, halfway across the world. As the Wall Street Journal‘s video details, below, the process of commercial surrogacy is becoming more and more common among western parents, who are paying companies like California-based Planet Hospital anywhere from $30,000 to $70,000 to arrange surrogacy with Indian mothers (who typically get paid about $6,000). … More »

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Video: Commercial Surrogacy in India

Youngest Bodybuilder is Back: Is It Better or Worse Than Child Beauty Pageants?


The world’s youngest body builder is back, and this time his parents have put together an even more disturbing video. His name is Giuliano Stroe, and now he’s six years old — but at the time this video was put together, he was only four. According to his Wikipedia page, last February, Giuliano broke the world record for air push-ups, which are just like normal push-ups, except your feet can’t touch the ground. You know, something a six-year old should never be able to do. This video makes it obvious that his parents push him — you can hear his dad counting reps in a few of the clips. I think we can assume that this man’s parenting skills are questionable in all areas — he’s letting a toddler dance around to 50 Cent. Though that’s better than forcing a kindergartner to do pull-ups while listening to 50 Cent.

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Youngest Bodybuilder is Back: Is It Better or Worse Than Child Beauty Pageants?

Parenting Sucks, Says Research. So Do You Still Want a Baby?


One of Slate’s most popular articles today, “Parents are Junkies,” asks why we love parenthood so much, given all the research that says it sucks. In the last few months, several articles have been written about research proving that parenthood makes us less happy; not more. Statistics show that more often than not, the birth of a child gives rise to the death of a marriage, greater likelihood of depression, and an onslaught of anxiety about the resources available to said child.

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Parenting Sucks, Says Research. So Do You Still Want a Baby?