Stay-at-home-moms, in Elisabeth Badinter's opinion, are feminism’s worst offenders, but she believes all mothers who snub the ‘gains’ of the past century — epidurals, formula, and disposable diapers, to name a few — are making a grave mistake that will haunt them once their kids are out of the house (or simply reach preschool age).

There's proof that playing outdoors and getting dirty is actually good for kids. Like, really good! Once again, nature’s showing us all up by getting it right the first time around; because isn’t getting dirty what kids do best?

If you delivered your baby in a hospital, chances are you went home with infant formula samples in your bag. I know I did. Maybe you even got a little goodie bag from a formula manufacturer, filled not only with free formula, but also with informational pamphlets on new-baby care? I got those, too. Now that the AAP has updated its breastfeeding guidelines, dozens of consumer and health organizations have appealed to hospitals to stop doling out the free formula -- and pamphlets, coupons, etc. -- to moms who’ve just given birth.

We’ve all thought it, while changing one blowout diaper after another at three, and four… and five AM: “This must be some kind of record. Do all babies poop this much?” The answer is, well, yes, babies are little pooping machines, and thus parents become diapering experts. (One handed? In the dark? Piece of cake!) This month, too, you and your little record setter can put your combined talents to good use during Real Diaper Week, April 16th through 21st, an international week of advocacy and events intended to demonstrate that cloth diapering is a “real option” for modern families.