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(Parenting.com) -- There was a time when gay parents and single adoptive mothers were unheard of, but the new norm is that almost anything works well as long as there's a dedicated adult and plenty of loveChristopher Fraley and Victor Self have been married three times -- to each other. They first exchanged vows in St. Barts in 2008, and again in South Africa on their honeymoon. Then this past summer, on July 24, 2011, they became the first same-sex couple in Rye, New York, to legally wed. Coco, their daughter, was right by their side.Fraley and Self met in 2003. "I saw kids in my life, and Chris did, too," Self remembers. Eventually, "we decided to get married," adds Fraley, who works for an investment fund. He bought Self a ring, but didn't ask Self's mother for his hand. "Nobody is the wife," he insists. [Read the full article] (Parenting.com) -- Plenty of moms want to work at home, but it isn't all bunny slippers. Get tips on being the best WAHM you can be in this excerpt from the Working Mom Survival Guide, from Parenting's sister publication Working Mother.Whether you work from home occasionally or run a business from your basement, there's a lot to love about breaking free of the office. You get to wear sweats all day. There's no commute. You don't have to listen to that gum-cracker. Working from home does come with its own set of challenges. Check out some of the biggest and how to handle them.Because many a home office is a desk and a laptop in a room that pulls double duty, it's easy to get distracted by the "house" stuff to do. The lure to do a little organizing can soon turn into a half-day project--and not the one that you're being paid for.What to do: Use bookcases, curtains, and screens to physically define your work area. [Read the full article] (Parenting.com) -- Men talk to me all the time about sex, which is only natural, since I'm a sex therapist and I make my living talking to people about their sex lives. But it's funny how many guys like to talk to me when I'm not working, when I'm pushing my sons in their double stroller or watching them at the playground. Neighbors know what I do, and it seems to draw the men to me --and they open up about certain things that the guys who actually come to see me with their wives just don't. Every time this happens, I end up saying the same thing: "Dude, don't tell me, tell your wife." Then comes the part where he shrugs and says, "Yeah, I guess you're right, I'll do that," but you and I both know it won't happen. [Read the full article] 
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