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“So it’s a boy, right?” a neighbour calls out as Kathy Witterick walks by, her four month old baby, Storm, strapped to her chest in a carrier. Each week the woman asks the same question about the baby with the squishy cheeks and feathery blond hair. Witterick smiles, opens her arms wide, comments on the sunny spring day, and keeps walking. She’s used to it. The neighbours know Witterick and her husband, David Stocker, are raising a genderless baby. But they don’t pretend to understand it.

Children are often happier with their online lives than they are with reality, a survey has revealed.They say they can be exactly who they want to be – and as soon as something is no longer fun they can simply hit the quit button.

Today Care.com (www.care.com), the premier source of trustworthy care options for families, announced the launch of the Year of Care Giveaway—a sweepstakes where the service will give away $12,445 to one lucky winning family to pay for a year of child care.

President Barack Obama, speaking in highly personal terms as the son of an absentee father, devoted much of his workday Friday to promoting the importance of parental commitment and mentoring.

This Sunday, Fathers throughout the country will be receiving gifts from their children and bearing the title of #1 Dad. This year, single celebrity Fathers Colin Farrell and Jack Nicholson will also be gifted with the additional title of Sexiest Single Dad.