Best Of The Web: January 4-10

Here’s a weekly roundup of parenting articles that piqued
our interest. Enjoy! —

A new year inevitably brings with it change, stresses and a
flood of emotions. For those dealing with depression, on top of everything
else, here’s a poignant post on one
mother’s recent struggle, from Jenny Lawson. (The
Bloggess)

Twins born in separate years? No, it’s not a plot line from
the New Year’s Day Twilight Zone marathon. Three mothers gave birth to twins,
separated by midnight this past weekend. (Huffington Post)

Pregnant moms, look away. Alessandra Ambrosio has confirmed
that she’s expecting again, and was two
months along when she walked the runway at the Victoria’s
Secret Fashion Show! (New York magazine)

Baby dolls and toy trucks—should they go hand-in-hand or
remain on opposite sides of the playroom? Some companies are taking gender
neutral toys to a whole new level, but others have studied toy preferences
and are sticking to the traditional boundaries. (NY Times)

What did you put in the little one’s stocking for Christmas?
This British mum with a look-like-Barbie obsession gave her tiny tot a
voucher…for lipo! (Daily
Mail)

Babble has compiled a list of the ten most impressive
kids—from entertaining to heroic—of 2011. Impressed?
(Babble)

Recent Icelandic research shows a correlation between milk
consumption in teenagers and prostate cancer later in life. (Chicago Tribune)

A year after first arriving on the parenting scene, Amy Chua
is still making the news with the paperback release of her polarizing book. She
discusses
the controversy in person with Ann Curry. (MSNBC)

Eden Kennedy’s New Year’s resolutions include blogging every
week day! More power to her. Our fav? “Blog like it’s 2002.” (Fussy)

Divorce in funny form. Writer and artist Norm Feuti has
penned a new
comic strip based on a young boy, Gil, whose parents are separated. King
Features will syndicate the strip in cities like Chicago.
(USA Today)