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BlogHer 2016 showed us a different side of Kim Kardashian & we're still in awe

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Haters can hate all they want, but Kim Kardashian has seriously learned how to work the web, and she's possibly become the best at it. The reality star, business mogul and mother is also the queen of social media. When she’s not “breaking the internet” with sexy selfies or making the entire world freak out over her Snapchat story, she’s launching a new website or releasing an app that makes fans want to soak up everything Kim K. Now, as the keynote speaker for the BlogHer conference, Kardashian has revealed even more about herself — and you might be surprised by what she spilled.

Though Kardashian insisted in her interview that we already know “85 percent” of her life, there are some facts you might not know about the middle Kardashian sister. Here’s what we learned:

1. She wanted to be a reality star since she was 13

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According to Kardashian, she was hit with the reality bug long before Keeping Up with the Kardashians was a thing.

“When I was 13, I was watching The Real World, and I looked at my best friend and said, ‘Oh my gosh, that’s what I want to do, I want to be on a reality show and I want you to be my manager.’ It’s such a full-circle moment because she’s a manager now and my show is produced by the people who made The Real World.”

2. She looks up to Jessica Alba

One star who inspires Kardashian on a business level is Honest Company creator Jessica Alba, who is also a mom.

“In business I love looking at my peers, especially young, successful women like Jessica Alba. I spoke to her this morning and we were just picking each other’s brains on something. I love her dedication. She’s someone I look up to businesswise. She’s a really smart girl.”

3. She had a backup plan

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Kim said that if she didn’t become a reality star, she would have worked in fashion, specifically at her clothing store, Dash.

“I did have a clothing store, which I still have today, Dash. When I was in high school, I worked in the clothing store. If The Real World didn’t work out, fashion is what I would have gotten into.”

4. She was inspired by her dad to be a businesswoman

When asked about how her late father, Robert Kardashian, inspired her in business, Kim said it was his actions, not his words, that she found so powerfully motivating.

“Seeing how work-driven he was, and so determined, and always talking about new ideas and new companies he wanted to start; seeing the follow-through and seeing him be so motivated and going to work every day — that, to me, was the best example.”

It sounds like her father’s business confidence was definitely catching, because Kim definitely hasn’t missed an opportunity for a business venture.

5. Kanye West pushed her to make Kim Kardashian Hollywood

After an app company approached her about making her now-famous Kim Kardashian Hollywood game, she was on the fence — so she turned to her husband for advice. Not surprisingly, West was all for it:

“I asked my husband, who said, ‘That is the coolest thing ever. Who wouldn’t want a video game with a character of themselves?’ It’s been really successful, and [now] I work on it full time.”

6. She shows off her sense of humor via emoji

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When asked what her favorite Kimoji is, she immediately goes for the most unflattering one: “My cry face. I have the ugliest cry face ever. You can’t get any worse than mine! You have to have a sense of humor about it.”

She also teases that the entire Kardashian clan will be getting unflattering emojis made of themselves... whether they like it or not!

7. She doesn’t think reality shows get enough respect

You won’t have to worry about Kardashian ditching the show that made her famous. She told the BlogHer audience, “Filming a reality show is a full-time job. I know that reality shows don’t get the respect they deserve, which is why I always fight to be on it for as long as possible, because I love to show and prove.”

 8. There’s one reality line she won’t cross

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Though Kardashian may love being on a reality show, what she doesn’t want is the cameras following her kids around 24/7.

“Kourtney [Kardashian] and I won’t have stories around our children. They’ll be there, but that’s a benefit for us so we can spend more time with them. I was not posting about my son [Saint West] so he could go to the park every day, [and] people thought he didn’t exist! That I had a full fake baby and made the whole thing up because I wasn’t posting about him.”

9. There’s one big difference between her and her husband

Though Kimye is one of the biggest celebrity couples in the world, there’s a definite difference between Kardashian and her husband.

“We do have a really private relationship. [West] is very private, even though he’s in the business, and I’m very open. So he’s taught me how to become a little more private, and I’ve taught him to be a little more open.”

10. She has a fan squad she asks for advice

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How’d they get this gig?! According to Kardashian, she has a few fans who she really respects that she will direct message for advice about her business ventures, Kimojis and anything else she needs an opinion on.

“I direct message all the time a handle of girls who I genuinely respect their opinions. They give me their advice. I genuinely love getting to know them.”

11. She has a simple answer for why she posts nude selfies

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Though her nude selfies are always stirring up controversy, Kardashian sees them more as an expression of confidence. However, that doesn't mean she thinks that's how it should work for everyone — she's not down with pushing people to get naked if they're not comfortable.

"I feel good about myself. I think after you have one kid, after you have two kids... I lost 70 pounds. You can get so caught up in not being motivated [when you’re caring for a family]... I do what makes me feel comfortable. If you're not comfortable, don't do that. Do whatever makes you feel comfortable and whatever makes you happy. That's why I do, but I don't promote other people to do that [if they don't want to]."

12. She doesn’t call herself a feminist

Kardashian said she’s not about the F word: "I don't think that I am [a feminist]. I don't like labels. I love to support women, but I'm not the 'Free the Nipple' type girl. If you're not comfortable with that, don't do it. No hate. Be happy, spread love... I don't like to push my views on other people."

Seems that Kardashian has to look up the definition of feminism, but OK.

13. She executive produced a documentary

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The documentary, Red Flags, is about mental health issues. Kardashian said she chose the topic after watching Intervention in the hospital after the birth of her daughter North.

“I thought, wow, [Intervention] is produced so well, so I reached out to the producers and asked if they wanted to do a show like Intervention but about mental health issues. With social media, I would see people having these Twitter meltdowns, and I thought that there are so many signs that families [don't always notice]. I realized that there aren’t a lot of rehabs for mental health issues, but some things [within drug issues and mental health issues] go together.”

Who knew there were things about this reality mogul we didn’t know? Kardashian is clearly a busy lady, and there’s a real chance we’ll never really get to keep up.

What’s the most surprising part of Kim Kardashian’s life? Sound off in the comments.

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Of course Tara Reid and Dean May were fronting on Marriage Boot Camp

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Tonight's new episode of Marriage Boot Camp included so many things that are delightful about this show: lie detector tests, frosty stares from hosts Jim and Elizabeth Carroll, yelling (obviously), the surrendering of the couples' rings so that they can go out on the town as theoretically single people and, of course, drunkenness. And then, in perhaps the least dramatic reveal of nonnews in the history of Marriage Boot Camp, Tara Reid told us what, on some level, we already knew in our hearts: she and Dean May are, in fact, not an actual couple.

More: Tara Reid third-degree burns Jenny McCarthy while addressing the walkout

Fans have been suspicious of Tara and Dean's couple status since the beginning of the season — wondering if they were ever together, if they were possibly related (yikes) or if they were just on the show for the publicity — because they didn't act like a couple. I'm not sold on the "acting like a couple" defense because you shouldn't have to act a certain way to make people believe you're in a relationship, but as it turns out, these two were actually faking it.

This does explain why Tara never wanted to do any of the drills and why, when she did, nothing of substance ever came out. Part of me thinks this whole thing is so wrong because, theoretically, a couple who needed help could have taken Tara and Dean's spot on the show. But another part of me, the evil part, who wishes this kind of thing would happen more often on reality TV, is super impressed.

More: What the heck are Michelle Money and Cody Sattler doing on Marriage Boot Camp?

But why wait until there's only one episode in the season to reveal the truth? Wouldn't a more awesome story be their confession that they fooled everyone until after the show ended?

Next week, the couples decide if they're going to give their relationships another try or go it alone, so what does that mean for Tara and Dean? Are they getting kicked off in the last episode of the season? Is the lying a lie? Is Tara just messing with us? That would be beyond crazy. Also, is this really the best way for either of these two to revive their careers?

I have nothing but questions, you guys. What's the screening process to get on this show? One fan on Twitter commented that he knew Tara and Dean weren't together because there was no reference to Dean on Tara's Wikipedia page. (I checked; he's right.) While that's obviously not a foolproof way to guarantee that people don't lie to get on your show, it does make me wonder if anyone did research of any kind about Tara and Dean — or if everyone knew they weren't together and this is all the most elaborate sort of prank. That seems too far, even for a reality show, though... right?

More: Mama June reveals the truth behind Sugar Bear's same-sex encounters

Do you think Tara's telling the truth? Are she and Dean just friends? Tell us in the comments!

Before you go, check out our slideshow below.

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Meet the inspiring female business owners competing in The Pitch

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It is an exciting day for female entrepreneurship.

Today, at the #BlogHer16: Experts Among Us Conference in Los Angeles, California, The Pitch: Small Business Edition takes the stage for its second annual live pitch competition. This power-packed activation, sponsored by GoDaddy, has brought together a group of five impressive female small-business owners and entrepreneurs to pitch their big ideas to an audience of 3,000 content creators and social media influencers — plus a panel of high-profile judges.

So, what is at stake?

After each woman presents her pitch, the judges will deliver their commentary and final rankings. Then, the audience will have the opportunity to vote for their favorite female maven. The winner will be determined by a combination of the judge rankings and the popular vote of the #BlogHer16 attendees.

The winner will be awarded $10,000 in cash plus a year-long marketing, media and promotional support package from SheKnows Media, valued at $40,000. Each month, 79 million unique visitors visit SheKnows Media platforms, along with nearly 292 million social media fans and followers — and we are thrilled to share this audience and reach with these talented women.

Let’s meet the rock star entrepreneurs.

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  • Adda Birnir, founder of Skillcrush, an interactive online learning community helping people transform their careers via technical and digital skill development
  • Barika Edwards, founder of OweYaa, a web-based platform that connects military members and their spouses with internships at startups across the country
  • Ritu Narayan, founder of Zum, a ride-sharing service that sends consistent, vetted drivers and nanny care to pick up, drop off and look after your children
  • Stacy Katz, founder of Not Parent Approved, a fun, interactive card game designed to bring families together and allow a break from a technology-filled life
  • Zahra Aljabri, founder of Mode-sty, an online shopping destination for quality, stylish and uniquely modest clothing

The Pitch: Small Business Edition’s emcee will be Sallie Krawcheck, CEO and Co-Founder of Ellevest, a recently launched digital investment platform for women.

And now, meet the judges.

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  • Courtney Nichols Gould, co-founder and co-chief executive officer, SmartyPants
  • Lisa Skeete Tatum, chief executive officer, Landit
  • Majora Carter, chief executive officer of StartUp Box and last year’s winner of The Pitch at #BlogHer15: Experts Among Us
  • Shira Lazar, co-founder, chief executive officer and host of What’s Trending
  • Tai Beauchamp, style influencer and entrepreneur
  • Lauren Antonoff, senior vice president of presence and commerce at GoDaddy

Lauren Antonoff of GoDaddy will also provide motivational advice and guidance for the go-getters in the audience who might be looking to monetize their online presence or ramp up their entrepreneurial potential. “The BlogHer conference is great because it brings entrepreneurial woman together in ways that spark ideas and provides a supportive startup environment that encourages participants to discover, share and create,” Antonoff said.

Want to get involved in the entrepreneurial love but not at #BlogHer16? We have opportunities for you. This September and October, GoDaddy and SheKnows will host a monthly contest in which users can upload their own pitch videos for a chance to win exposure of their business on SheKnows. Look out for the contest portal, which will open in September!

You can also get involved with The Pitch program by emailing thepitch@sheknows.com and telling us about your venture. We are excited to get you involved in this community of innovators and change agents and to continue to connect women business leaders everywhere

VOTE HERE TO SUPPORT!

The Pitch: Stacy Katz brings old-fashioned family fun back to the table

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Stacy Katz knew it was time to find a solution when she found that her son was spending way too much time on his phone and iPad, and not enough time just being a kid with his friends and family. So, she created Not Parent Approved: a fun, Cards Against Humanity-inspired card game that is entertaining and fun enough to bring the whole family together - no technology required!

Name: Stacy Katz

Company: Not Parent Approved

Headquarters: Los Angeles, California

Year Founded: 2015

Twitter: NotParentApprvd

Facebook: Not Parent Approved

Instagram: notparentapproved

Website: www.notparentapproved.com

Want to sign up for the Pitch, or know someone who would be a great candidate? Email us today at thepitch@sheknows.com!

The Pitch: Barika Edwards helps military families find work

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Oweyaa's mission is to connect military service members and their spouses with meaningful work opportunities. They do this by connecting job searchers with start ups offering internships, which allow the military service members to segway back into the workforce successfully and gain new, marketable skill sets.

Name: Barika Edwards

Company: Oweyaa

Headquarters: New York, New York

Year Founded: 2015

Twitter: Oweyaa

Facebook: Oweyaa

Website: www.oweyaa.com

Want to sign up for the Pitch, or know someone who would be a great candidate? Email us today at thepitch@sheknows.com!

The Pitch: Ritu Narayan helps make moms' lives a little less hectic

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Ritu Narayan is a busy mom who found herself with a problem when her kids began going to school: she no longer needed a nanny, but she did need a reliable, safe driving and babysitting service that she could trust to take care of her kids when she could not. So, Zum was born. Zum is a ride sharing service that offers parents a network of vetted childcare providers who can drive your children to their various activities and babysit if you choose. Parents everywhere, rejoice!

Name: Ritu Narayan

Company: Zum

Headquarters: Silicon Valley, California

Year Founded: 2014

Twitter: RideZum

Facebook: RideZum

Instagram: RideZum

Website: www.ridezum.com

Want to sign up for the Pitch, or know someone who would be a great candidate? Email us today at thepitch@sheknows.com!

The Pitch: Adda Birnir helps people learn the skills they need to get hired

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Skillcrush is an interactive online learning community that helps people transform their careers and lives by teaching them marketable technical and digital skills. If you’re feeling stuck in your career and want to break into the tech world, this is the place to go.

Name: Adda Birnir

Company: Skillcrush

Headquarters: New York, New York

Year founded: 2012

Twitter: @skillcrush

Facebook: Skillcrush

Instagram: Skillcrush

Website: www.skillcrush.com

Want to sign up for the Pitch, or know someone who would be a great candidate? Email us today at thepitch@sheknows.com!

The Pitch: Zahra Aljabri makes stylish clothes that are modest too

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Zahra Aljabri saw a major disconnect in the world of fashion and the women she encountered on a daily basis. She found that there simply was not a market for fashion forward, modest women out there - so she set out to build one herself. Now, Mode-sty is an online marketplace for quality, stylish clothes for the modern modest woman.

Name: Zahra Aljabri

Company: Mode-sty

Headquarters: New York, New York

Year Founded: 2012

Twitter: ModestyFashion

Facebook: ModestyOnline

Instagram: StylishModesty

Website: www.mode-sty.com

Want to sign up for the Pitch, or know someone who would be a great candidate? Email us today at thepitch@sheknows.com!


Your miracle makeup product may not be in the makeup aisle at all

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It's summer and the struggle for ladies with oily skin is real. Thankfully, makeup artists are touting a miracle product that soothes and manages slick skin. The only thing is that to get it, you have to walk right past the makeup aisle and head to... the antacids?

Milk of Magnesia, that chalky white stuff your grandpa chugs straight out of the bottle every time your sister talks about going to film school, is the same product that many makeup experts swear by as the best primer for oily skin.

"A lot of the water-based primers on the market just feel like another moisturizer and the silicone-based primers feel waxy or, while they’ll matte you down, they still don’t stick," explained Julianne Kaye, who has worked on the faces of celebs like Brooke Shields, Cindy Crawford and Britney Spears. "When you put Milk of Magnesia on your face, you can actually feel that veil over the skin." She added that the liquid’s high concentration of magnesium hydroxide (it's pretty much the only ingredient) combats oiliness by breaking down wax and other chemicals in the skin.

More: How to use antacids to clean jewelry and make it sparkle just like new

But is this drugstore cure social media hype or the real deal? It's actually not a bad idea, says Stephen Stahr, M.D., a board-certified dermatologist at Dermatology Associates of San Antonio. "People probably like to paint it on like a liquid foundation; when the vehicle dries, the powdery Mg(OH)2 remains and absorbs oil and people probably like that," he says. "It might take a light reflecting oily sheen off of the skin."

However, Stahr adds that topical magnesium is not recognized by the American Board of Dermatology as having any "evidence-based medical applications" and that, because it's mildly basic in pH, it might cause some redness and itching for people with sensitive skin. So try a small patch test on the inside of your arm before slathering your face with the white stuff.

Bonus: Keeping a backup bottle in your purse will allow for quick makeup touch-ups during a fun date night and provide minty relief if you OD on the onion rings!

Chrissy Teigen has learned the single most frustrating thing about babies

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Dealing with a tired baby who won’t sleep is possibly the single most frustrating, exhausting aspect of parenthood.

More: Breastfeeding moms rock out in hilarious AC/DC parody video

Chrissy Teigen, mom to 3-month-old Luna, knows this.

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Chrissy Teigen on baby sleep

Why oh why do babies fight sleep? They can hardly keep their little eyes open, yet they do everything they can to stay awake. Which generally involves lots of back-arching, wriggling and screaming.

Babies are predictable in many ways, but when it comes to fighting sleep, there’s simply no definitive answer. It’s a case of eliminating all possibilities until you (hopefully) stumble upon the reason and can try to find a solution.

Often, babies fight sleep simply because they are overtired. If you miss their "sleep window" — the moment when they're drowsy enough to drift off without a fuss but not so tired that the wriggling and crying starts — all hell can break loose.

More: Nate Parker's baby name is filled with deep meaning

Another possible reason for fighting sleep is the opposite: Your tot isn’t tired enough. Yes, babies need a lot of sleep, but it might be worth thinking back over the course of the day and working out exactly how much sleep they have already had. Many toddlers are capable of longer wake times during the day (and some don’t need daytime naps at all).

Older babies and toddlers may also refuse to sleep because they don’t want to be apart from you. Separation anxiety typically starts at 8 months and peaks around 18 months, but all babies are different. This would explain why you lay a sleeping baby down in their cot and at the very moment their back touches the mattress, their eyes fly open and all of a sudden they're apparently wide awake again.

Of course, some babies are simply more sociable than others — just like adults. Why sleep when there is so much fun to be had? There's little you can do if your child's refusal to sleep is down to their personality.

But there are steps you can take to try to encourage your infant to go to sleep. You may want to move their bedtime earlier or later, depending on how much they have slept during the day. If fighting sleep comes at nap time, bring things down a notch beforehand with a dark, peaceful room and a lullaby.

If all else fails, just go with the flow. You'll be able to catch up with your sleep in around 10 years.

More: Mom is cucumber-cool as she delivers her own baby in less than a minute

Before you go, check out our slideshow below.

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Renée Zellweger says 'we can do better' than gossiping about her face

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Over the last few years, Renée Zellweger has come to symbolize a lot of things to a lot of different people. To the tabloids, she's a nifty cash cow whose image they can lazily splash across a page on slow news days beneath the headline, "What Did She Do to Her Face?" They can guarantee the clicks will keep coming when nothing else sticks. To a number of women who are angry about how society treats aging women, the Academy Award winner is either a role model or their worst nightmare — a woman whom they suspect has secretly gone off and gotten plastic surgery, thereby betraying them.

In an essay she recently penned for The Huffington Post entitled "We Can Do Better," Zellweger makes it perfectly clear that she is none of those things. She is not yours or mine or the property of any news outlet — and she is not the problem; we are.

Despite her impressive body of work and the numerous awards she has won, Zellweger hasn't been able to attend a single event since 2014 without waking up the next morning to see her name and the words "plastic surgery" in every article covering the event. When asked about her changing appearance a few years back, the Bridget Jones actress had a very reasonable response: "Perhaps I look different. Who doesn't as they get older?! Ha. But I am different. I'm happy."

In other words: Eff off, folks.

But perhaps she wasn't clear enough. Zellweger admits in her essay that she understands her celebrity leaves her open to "humiliation" at times but that this is getting ridiculous. She points out that silence and privacy are so rare these days, what with so many celebs and reality stars open to exposing their dirty laundry in exchange for more fame, that her decision not to address rumors that she had work done to her eyes paints her as a "liar with nefarious behavior to conceal."

More: From now on, here's the only acceptable commentary about Renée Zellweger's face

Here's her perfect response to why she refuses to bow down to tabloids (it's worth mentioning that Zellweger calls out respectable media outlets for dumbing down their content to appeal to a wider audience): "In the interest of tabloid journalism, which profits from the chaos and scandal it conjures into people's lives and their subsequent humiliation, the truth is reduced to representing just one side of the fictional argument. I can't imagine there's dignity in explaining yourself to those who trade in contrived scandal, or in seeking the approval of those who make fun of others for sport. It's silly entertainment, it's of no import, and I don't see the point in commenting."

Hell yes, Renée. But then, why oh why did she, a few paragraphs later, comment on her appearance with this statement? "Not that it's anyone's business, but I did not make a decision to alter my face and have surgery on my eyes. The fact is of no true import to anyone at all, but that the possibility alone was discussed among respected journalists and became a public conversation is a disconcerting illustration of news/entertainment confusion and society's fixation on physicality."

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Zellweger implores us and the media to "do better" by focusing on the problems in society that truly matter, rather than pining for a 25-year-old Zellweger and debating whether she has a really good plastic surgeon. Her essay is important — but, sadly, the fact that she commented on whether she went under the knife took away some of its power. Because she's right: Her face shouldn't matter — and she doesn't owe anyone an explanation.

Angelina Jolie is adding 'professor' to her résumé

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Proving that there's no ceiling when it comes to how much she plans on evolving as a person, Angelina Jolie will be teaching at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., this fall. The actress and U.N. Special Envoy will split her time between D.C. and London, where she has also agreed to be a visiting professor at the London School of Economics. Basically, the world has caught on to the fact that the mom and advocate for women's rights may not have attended college herself, but her dedication to volunteer work, her humility and openness to learning from others and her life experiences will make her one hell of a teacher.

Jolie will give lectures and head up workshops and research that concentrate on women's issues. For several years, Jolie has advocated on behalf of refugees, and she served as a Goodwill Ambassador for the U.N. Refugee Agency from 2001 until 2012. She and former U.K. foreign secretary William Hague actually worked together last year to launch this course. And, in case you're wondering, Jolie will not be accepting a paycheck for her new teaching gig.

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Back in May, Jolie explained her decision to teach the course in London: "It is vital that we broaden the discussion on how to advance women's rights and end impunity for crimes that disproportionately affect women, such as sexual violence in conflict. I am looking forward to teaching and learning from the students as well as to sharing my own experiences of working alongside governments and the United Nations."

More: Angelina Jolie confesses she didn't want to be a mom at first

Jolie is a prime example of a woman and celebrity who, through her actions, words and the projects she is choosing to both direct and act in, refuses to accept society's vision of how an actress in her 40s should be regarded. She isn't a timeless but aging beauty, and she isn't obsessed with freezing time so she can remain at a standstill. Jolie is a woman who speaks positively about menopause, who embraces new and frightening challenges and who has defied everyone's expectations of her.

In a way, she has been teaching us for several years now. The students in her classes both abroad and at Georgetown have a lot to learn from this intelligent and compassionate soul.

Gisele Bündchen takes her final runway stroll at Rio Olympics opening ceremony

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She saved the best for last. Gisele Bündchen walked the runway at the opening ceremony of the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, and the Brazilian supermodel proved the ideal spokesperson to kick off two weeks of celebrating athletes from all over the planet. Bündchen slowly strolled down the runway wearing a glittering gold gown from Brazilian designer Alexandre Herchcovitch while The Girl from Ipanema played in the background.

For weeks prior to the opening ceremony, there were rumors about what role Bündchen would actually play in the Olympics. In recent years, the mom of two, who is married to football star Tom Brady, has been selective about the modeling projects she chooses. That makes sense since she is already a global superstar who has the luxury of posing for high-end campaigns instead of taking editorial work or walking the runway.

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Her official last runway show was actually at São Paulo fashion week last year, where Bündchen walked for Colcci. But when the Olympics call, even the wealthiest, most successful supermodel comes out of retirement for the night.

At the end of the day, Bündchen kept things classic and classy by simply strutting her stuff down the longest runway of her career and declaring this would truly be her final runway walk. And what a walk it was.

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Her hair, gown and iconic walk are on point here, and it's clear from Bündchen's expression that this appearance meant the world to her. This year marks the first time in history that Brazil has hosted the Olympics. Before hitting the big time at New York Fashion Week in 1996, Bünchen played volleyball in Brazil and is now famously an advocate for yoga and a healthy lifestyle. She isn't just a pretty face; she embodies the spirit of the Olympics.

Prior to her appearance at the opening ceremony, Bündchen posted this beautiful photo on Instagram, along with a message about how much the Olympics mean to her and the world. "The unity that is felt is amazing and gives me goose bumps," Bündchen writes. "There is so much dedication and love the athletes themselves pour into their chosen sport."

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She may be retired, but Gisele will always be the runway queen.

I woke up an hour before my kid every day for a week, and it was amazing

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For as long as I can remember, people have been extolling the virtues of waking up early, and for approximately the same amount of time, I've been ignoring them. It's a scientific fact that beds are at their warmest and most comfy when it's time to get up and face the world.

When I was in high school, early-birding was supposed to get me better grades. Same deal for college. By the time you've shackled yourself to a computer and desk for the next few decades, cutting out one of the simplest, truest joys there is is supposed to make you more organized, less negative and less terrible to be around and more "successful," whatever that means. None of this really tempted me. I mean, sure, every once in a while I'd be bitten by the "Oh God, when did I become such a lazy fuck?" bug and vow to go to bed earlier, wake up earlier, eat more lettuce and exercise. Then I would come to my senses.

But I recently decided to give waking up early a go. I'd been seeing a few click-baity life hack lists circulating among my Facebook friends, and these caught my eye because of the new kind of carrot they dangled: Make momming in the early hours suck less.

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And oh sweet sassy Fran, do mornings in my house suck. We all wake up at the same time right now, which is supposed to be just north of an hour before my daughter starts school but never is because, again, pillows reach maximum pillowiness right around 6:00 a.m. After either my husband or I roll over and shout, "Oh balls, we're so late! Wake up!" at the other, we go in and jar our little darling out of comfortable slumber by snapping on the lights and telling her to come downstairs for breakfast.

That breakfast is usually cold cereal, which she then eats while she brushes her hair, and my husband and I snipe at each other over who's going to make coffee and who is going to throw together a packed lunch. We also use this time to work through some of our marriage conflicts, like why does he always make that dumb face in the morning, and do I have a problem with the way he cuts celery sticks? My tone of voice suggests that I do, but he doesn't understand why I don't just say so. After teeth have been brushed and shoes have been jammed onto feet, I have about three minutes remaining to horf down a cup of cold coffee, walk the 4 feet to my computer and start work for the day.

Needless to say, it doesn't make for a very smooth transition into what will ultimately be a very busy day. So when I saw some of that "wake up early, change your life" stuff circulating with a mom slant, I bit back the urge to mock it and decided to give it a try instead. So for one week, I woke up an hour before my child to see just how life-changing dragging yourself out of bed can be. Turns out it's actually pretty rad.

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Monday

My biggest concern with this little experiment was that I wouldn't be able to drag myself out of bed on time. Originally I'd planned to head to bed around 9:00 p.m. to offset that, but then my husband and I decided to binge-watch Kimmy Schmidt and have bowls of ice cream. We have but one life and all that, right? So I got to bed around 11:45 p.m. instead. There's a neat tool called sleepyti.me that lets you calculate what time waking up will suck the least, no matter when you go to bed. Science!

Waking up actually wasn't bad. I actually popped into consciousness sometime around 4 a.m., and gave up on trying to get back to sleep a few minutes later, got into the shower and then shined the flashlight app into my husband's face to let him know that he could stay asleep if he wanted to, but I'd be making coffee if he decided he loved me after all. He got up, and by 5:30, we actually had a real breakfast going and enough time to talk to each other, profanity and resentment free, before retrieving the little one an hour later. She too had plenty of time to eat, practice a little basic hygiene and snuggle on the couch before heading off to school before the first bell. So far, so good!

Tuesday

You know how after you haven't been bowling for a decade, you then go bowling and you get two strikes right away and you start thinking, "Wow, I'm awesome at bowling. I should do this all the time and maybe even professionally," but then you just start throwing balls into the gutter over and over again? That's kind of what the "wake up an hour earlier" challenge is like. There's no graceful way to say it: Tuesday sucked. I was extremely exhausted, ended up hitting snooze and wasted 15 minutes trying to passive-aggressively get my husband out of bed before I did. We all snapped at one another and vowed to go to bed earlier. We were actually late for school as well, so that was a nice bonus. I was still groggy at work and couldn't shake the funk all day long.

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Wednesday

My daughter saved us on Wednesday. She was all about the hour-early challenge, mostly because I wooed her early on with my tales of early-morning cartoons from my own childhood. She came into our room at 5:00 a.m., and we all snuggled for a while, and the gentle wake-up made it a million times easier to get up on time. That, combined with the fact that we all were tired and went to bed at a decent time the night before, meant that we were a surprisingly chipper bunch at breakfast. Probably the coolest thing about this was that we got much more out of our kid about school and her friends than we're ever able to do at night. Maybe it was leftover snuggle-induced goodwill, or maybe it's because everyone is exhausted and snappy at the end of a busy day, but we felt like a family straight out of a happy, shiny blog post. She didn't even end up watching early-morning cartoons because we were deep into a conversation about that one time the gym teacher farted at car line pickup. She declared that she didn't mind about the cartoons, and I felt like some kind of parenting expert.

Thursday

That didn't last.

The lesson I learned from Thursday is that knowing you're about to face a day from hell makes it easy to force yourself to wake up early. I also had to rethink how stay-at-home moms might approach the wake-up-early challenge, because I actually didn't end up working this day. I ended up watching a friend's toddler. I haven't been a mom to a toddler or spent my days strictly momming for years.

Here's how I assumed Thursday would go: I would wake up an hour early, check in with my boss to see if there was some work to be done, build some totally bitchin' block towers with my new toddler friend, put said toddler down for a nap and then get back to work. It was bound to be a busy, stressful day, which was why I needed the extra hour to be productive.

Here's how Thursday actually went: I woke up an hour early, checked in with my boss and scrambled through a little work before the screaming started. It never stopped. I got precisely 0 percent more work done, and when my new toddler friend left, I emailed my husband multiple profiles of doctors within 5 miles who could perform a vasectomy. The extra hour didn't make me feel productive like it had on the previous days; it made me feel like I needed to have woken up four hours earlier.

Stay-at-home moms, you have my renewed respect and adoration, because holy shit.

Friday

Ah, Friday. By now our schedules were pretty much reset to go to sleep when other humans do and wake up like productive members of society. We did our early-morning cuddle, went downstairs and made waffles (waffles, you guys) and chatted on the couch per usual. All in all:

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The takeaway

As corny as it sounds, I think waking up an hour earlier really could change my life if I thought I could keep it up. I felt like I spoke more to my daughter about things that weren't her chores or homework status in one week than I had probably all school year. I got to hang out with my husband during a time that we weren't rushing to get everything stuffed into backpacks or get our daughter stuffed into bed at night. We had real food for breakfast and enough time to clean up the kitchen that I wouldn't be stumbling out of my office cave in the afternoon and remembering that my family is a bunch of slobs, which meant less snipy resentful arguments.

Speaking of the office, by the time I got to work (on every day but Tuesday, of course), I had already inserted my caffeine IV and wasn't trying to groggily sift through daily tasks and string coherent thoughts together.

However, could I keep this kind of thing up? I mean, you know that aphorism "know thyself"? Internet, I know myself, and I'm just not sure if this will stick. Other things sometimes got in the way of getting to bed on time, and every morning was definitely a struggle, cuddle puddle notwithstanding. So if I'm being honest with myself, I am a lazy garbage human and will probably be back to slapping my alarm clock upside its snooze button as early as next week. I hope not, but...

That said, it's definitely worth it to try to keep it up. Even if all I can manage is 30 minutes, I'll take that extra talk time with the people I love and the Energizer Bunny feeling and be glad for it, no matter how hard my pillow tries to seduce me with its soft comfiness.

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Alison Sweeney revealed her kids' food diary, and it's super healthhy

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Alison Sweeney is a beloved actress, former The Biggest Loser host and author. She’s also a great mom to two kids that she’s raised on healthy cooking. We asked her to teach us her clean eating ways, how she keeps things interesting in the kitchen and how she's passing what she's learned onto her kids. Here's what she said.

On where she gets her food inspiration:

“I definitely have go-to meals that I’m used to making, so I’m always trying to figure out ways to branch out and find something new. I think, partially, my inspiration comes from what I have in the fridge — you know, sometimes you’ve just gotta be creative because you don’t have a choice. It’s like picking that outfit on laundry day — oh, this is edgy, let's try something different. But then you just own it, like yeah, I totally meant to combine those flavors; I thought it would be an adventure. I read a lot of magazines. I watch a lot of cooking shows. I’m obsessed with Food Network. It just gives me confidence to try something different. And I mean, I taste things along the way so if I feel like it’s terrible, and this has definitely happened, it’s like no, we’re not eating it. All right, starting over."

On what she does when the kids are picky:

“Often times the fun is when I know they will like it if they try it, and I’m totally not above an 'I told you so' when I make them try something they’ll really like.”

Her tip? “Have them cook it. We watch Chopped Junior for inspiration, but definitely the kids are inspired by the idea of making their own stuff. I’ve really engaged them in making their own meals. There’s such pride they have in the fact that they made it themselves.”

On the snacks her kids love:

“One of their favorites is a Greek yogurt with blueberries and cinnamon and either maple syrup or a little bit of agave nectar. Sometimes I’ll put granola or sliced almonds in it for a little bit of a crunch. It’s the same thing I eat. It’s so substantial and it feels really decadent. We do smoothies together.”

On the strangest thing her kids love:

“My kids love edamame. I take home leftovers from the restaurant and everyone’s excited over it.”

On what her kids will make themselves:

"Apples and almond butter. Smoothies. My son knows how to make scrambled eggs. Sometimes I come downstairs and I’m like, 'What happened here?' And he’s like, 'Oh, I made eggs.' OK."

On what they eat for lunch:

"They request pretzels and hummus. I do a lot of fruit in their lunch. Sometimes I’ll mix it together, like apples and blueberries and cantaloupe sometimes. They like the fruits that are also hydrating. I don’t give them a lot of food at lunch time. I give them half a sandwich, a few different flavors of different snack stuff and that’s it. I know they’re going to eat again later. They’re rushing to run outside and play, so I don’t want them to scarf down food and I don’t want them to waste food. I’d rather have them ready again for a snack at 3:30 than waste food or feel sick to their stomach when they’re running to play with their friends."

On teaching healthy habits:

“My rule, in general, with my kids is to teach them to be accustomed to see smaller amounts of food on the plate — just really healthy portions — and then you can always ask for seconds. But let’s start here and see how it goes, see how it feels and really listen to your body. Those are the kinds of tips I want them to take away as they grow up and go to college and live on their own. I want them to really listen to their own bodies “

On her secret to getting kids to eat healthy:

“We talk about it a lot. I’m not saying they just eat kale all the time. I find things they like, which is kale and Brussels sprouts, and [my son] Ben really likes it. I try to make sure I mix in the things they love with things we’re trying. There are certain fish that they like, but my son doesn’t like shrimp, and that’s, like, OK."

Sweeney is also a big fan of the Blueberry Council’s tips for having a great summer by focusing on the small moments over big adventures. “I think parents always think they have to do the big adventure to have a great summer, and sometimes it just doesn’t have to be super-sized,” she told us. You can see tips on their website, blueberrycouncil.org/bitesizesummer.


Lay's global flavors: Everything you need to know about these potato chips

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Historically I have never been a huge potato chip person, but over the past few years, Lay's has turned me into a serious enthusiast through its genius Do Us a Flavor contest. While people like me abuse the virtual chip generator to create flavors like Otter Fetus and My Ex’s Diseased, Rotting Soul, saner minds ultimately prevail and give us real-world flavors like Wasabi Ginger and Biscuits and Gravy.

Now that the Lay’s flavor lab has been pushed to the limit and it knows the veracity of our crazy potato chip lust, the company is embarking on culinary adventures of its own. Last week, it released a limited Around the World series, with four flavors far beyond sour cream and onion. I tried them all, of course, because I'm powerless against Lay's marketing. Then I convinced my editor to let me write about it here so I could justify it as a work-related sacrifice. Writing about food is a very tough job, you know.

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Brazilian Picanha

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I thought this was going to be chimichurri-flavored — that sexy Latin steak sauce made of chopped parsley, lemon, oil and garlic. But it's chimichurri- and steak-flavored, which is… weird. Steak is my favorite food on Earth, but I don't want to eat it in powdered form. Hell, I don't even want to know how they created a powder form. If I need to know anything, I need to know who at Frito-Lay said, “Screw plain-ass chimichurri chips! Someone get me the powdered meat!” Because that dude needs a serious talking-to.

Indian Tikka Masala

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Fun fact: Tikka masala is not, in fact, Indian. It was invented by a Pakistani chef in Glasgow, Scotland, which makes it the British equivalent of American-made fortune cookies. But does anyone really have a problem with either of those things? If anything, more foods should be able to predict the future, and more foods should so perfectly translate into potato chip form.

Tikka masala is pretty much heavily spiced tomato cream sauce, so if you can stretch your imagination, these chips are kinda like Anglo-Indian pizza. And I think I would like them more if I liked tikka masala, which I can no longer eat after a friend told me it tastes like part of the female anatomy, and now I am horrified by it. (If you have firsthand knowledge to the contrary, please let me know in the comments, because I’d really like to both eat Indian food and be able to look his wife in the eye again.)

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Greek Tzatziki

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Literally have no idea how I spent the past three years asking them for an otter fetus-flavored chip rather than tzatziki. Tzatziki sauce is my favorite, and now I can eat it with chips that also taste like tzatziki! I can crumble them onto sandwiches! I can eat them in the car or in the shower without the usual mess dip makes! Hot damn, I love the future.

Chinese Szechuan Chicken

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I'm one of those assholes who poo-poos pedantic “American” Chinese food. I'm spoiled by living blocks away from not one but two Chinatowns. I like real Sichuan food made with tons of mouth-numbing Sichuan peppercorns. Those are very, very special things: They're not actually peppercorns, and they're not actually spicy — they contain a chemical that makes your tongue tingle but not burn. They are intensely flavorful but woefully misunderstood, which is why I was nearly positive Lay’s would mess this up. I expected them to do what every American company does when it wants to make something “Chinese” — douse it with a ton of sickly sweet General Tso’s sauce and call it a day.

But they didn’t! These are actually really, really good — not mouth-numbing, not full Sichuan, but a solid baby step to the good stuff if all you know is P.F. Chang's. Here’s hoping next year Lay's can go a little further and give us Chinese chips like Chili Oil Beef Tendon, which kicks the living crap out of Sweet and Sour Chicken.

These potato chip flavors are currently available on store shelves.

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Woman who told mum to stop breastfeeding got more than she bargained for

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Shaming a mother for breastfeeding in public just isn’t on — under any circumstances. Many mums who find themselves being attacked for carrying out such a normal, natural act don’t know how to react, beyond feeling massively embarrassed.

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But one British mum had a unique response to a woman who asked her to stop breastfeeding in public. In a post shared on the Dartford Gossip Facebook page, the anonymous shamer wrote an open letter of complaint to "the lady in Dartford Park who thought it was appropriate to breastfeed her baby whilst my child and very easily distracted husband sat nearby."

The woman said she asked the nursing mum to go somewhere private and was shocked when the mum told her in no uncertain terms where to go. Oh, and she made sure she got her point across by accompanying her words with a generous squirt of breast milk.

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Mom sprays breastmilk at stranger

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Some people might consider the mother's reaction a little extreme, but really, can we blame her for being angry? She has every right to breastfeed her child in a public place without being ordered to stop by a complete stranger. There's absolutely nothing wrong with breastfeeding in public — and all kinds of wrong with those who think it's in any way inappropriate.

The anonymous woman who took such offence at a hungry baby being fed seems to be missing the real problem here: the fact that her husband has a wandering eye and likes to perv over a woman nursing her baby.

If the woman who ended up with breast milk in her face was looking for sympathy, she'll be sorely disappointed. Of the hundreds of comments left on her Facebook post, an overwhelming majority were in support of the nursing mother. In fact, she's become something of a local hero.

Breastmilk squirter

Breastmilk squirter

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The Equality Act 2010 made it illegal for anyone to ask a breastfeeding woman to leave a public place, such as a café, shop or public transport.

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Bachelorette chose a feisty name with global appeal for her new arrival

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Another Bachelorette baby has arrived! Season 5's Jillian Harris welcomed her first child with long-term partner Justin Pasutto on Friday — a son named Leo.

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Leo is a Latin baby boy name meaning "lion" that has been consistently popular since Roman times. It was the name of several early saints, was used for 13 popes and has been a favorite in recent times partly due to Leonardo "Leo" DiCaprio and the celebrity parents who've chosen it for their sons: actress Kim Raver, NASCAR driver Jeff Gordon and A-list couple Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem.

In 2015, Leo reached its highest ever spot on the U.S. baby name chart: No. 91. It also has huge international appeal, appearing in the top 50 in many other countries in the past two years, including England, Scotland, Sweden, Spain and Australia. Leos in pop culture include Seinfeld's Uncle Leo, Leo McGarry in The West Wing and Leo Wyatt in Charmed.

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Harris and Pasutto have been together for four years, and the 8-year age gap was one factor in putting off having a baby, as Harris revealed in her pregnancy announcement blog post. She wrote that she wanted "Justin to 'catch up' in age" to her before they decided late 2015 was the right time to start trying to get pregnant. It didn't take long for their wish to come true, and the couple learned their happy news only a few days before Harris turned 36.

A Canadian, interior designer and (now) host of Love It or List It Too, Harris was the first ever non-American to be selected for The Bachelorette. She chose Ed Swiderski in the finale, and the couple were engaged before splitting in 2010. But that's all ancient history for Harris now that she and Pasutto have embarked on their parenthood adventure. Congrats, guys!

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The question we really need to stop asking little kids about sports

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My son’s fourth-grade basketball team was in the championship game against a really good team. It was obvious they were going to lose and that the boys were getting desperate for a win. They were playing sloppily just to get points on the board, which clearly wasn’t working. After their loss, my son’s disappointment was palpable the entire way home. When we got there, my husband could see our son’s downtrodden face when he asked, “Well, how’d you do?”

“We lost,” he mumbled.

“No, I meant how did you do?”

“Huh?” my son asked, confused. “I did OK. But I could have played better. ”

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His dad didn’t ask the score or how many points he made, but they did talk about the game and how everyone was so desperate to win that it just wasn’t fun.

We try to put losses into perspective for our sons who play sports, but it seems like everyone always wants to know the score of a game and if my sons’ teams won. Relatives, acquaintances and even strangers ask them.

And I, for one, would like it to stop.

My sons are far from the best athletes on their teams and likely never will be the best athletes on any team. They play because they want to be with their friends and have fun. The competition of it all, however, is killing that for them. The pressure of winning, which trickles down from adults to kids, is changing the game.

Even at a young age, I’ve seen coaches put players in the outfield in baseball or make them sit the bench in favor of better players. And it’s all in the name of winning rather than learning and having fun.

I can understand the desire to win. Both my sons have been on really good teams with great season records. It’s fun to cheer them on to victory. But it’s also fun to see them try their best, learn new skills and, yes, have fun just being with their friends.

I can also understand that when there is a winner and a loser, kids learn valuable lessons about both winning with class and losing with grace, but these lessons should come with time and experience. I’d rather have my sons enjoy playing and learning the essentials of the game without the pressure of winning or losing and scoring or sucking (because even kids as young as 8 tell one another they suck).

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With pressure from parents and coaches, the kids want to win so badly that they won’t pass the ball to the kids who “suck.” That feeling, knowing your teammates would rather not have you on the team, is a worse feeling than the one you get when you lose.

I honestly don’t care if my kids win or not. I do care if people make them feel like less of a teammate if their performance isn’t on par with winning. I do care if they are made to feel like less of an athlete because they didn’t score any of the points or tag someone out. I do care if a coach won’t even put them in the game because all he wants is a win. And I especially care if my kids stop being active because someone tells them they are not good enough.

My son had a baseball coach in second grade who, when asked by the boys about the score of the game, would respond, “It’s fun to fun!” To me, that’s exactly the right attitude our kids should have about sports, especially at such a young age.

So if you see young athletes in their uniforms or they tell you they had a game over the weekend, please don’t ask them if they won.

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Here are some things you can ask them instead:

  • Why did you pick that sport?
  • What do you like about playing it?
  • What position do you play?
  • What do you like about that position?

And most important: Did you have fun?

Because it is a game, after all.

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12 creative thermos lunch ideas besides the same old soup

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Thermoses really are such a handy way to send lunch to school. They keep hot foods hot and cold foods cold, they're easy to eat from, and they often come with a handy little cup (OK, so with the advent of bottled water and juice boxes, that cup is mainly useless now, but it's there if Mom or Dad forgets to pack a drink).

But thermoses can tote so much more than soup, so get creative with one of these fun ideas for kids of all ages (and for you too, parental units).

Pro tip: For hot foods, pour boiling water into the thermos, let it sit for 10 minutes, then dump the water, and fill. This will keep the food warm longer. For cold foods, fill the container with ice water, and let it sit for about 10 minutes before dumping and filling.

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1. Pasta salad

Pasta salads will stay nice and cold in a thermos without being any worse for wear after a few hours in the lunchbox.

2. Chili

Don't forget to include your kiddo's favorite chili toppings, like sour cream, shredded cheese, onions, Fritos and more or a side of cornbread.

3. Leftover broccoli-rice casserole with chicken

Last night's side dish becomes today's main course with the addition of cubed or shredded chicken.

4. Ultimate nachos

Fill one thermos with taco meat, refried beans and cheese. Fill another with a mix of shredded lettuce, tomatoes, sour cream and salsa. Send a side of chips and a spoon or fork for them to use to spread a little of each on the chips.

5. Lasagna

"What?" you say. "How am I supposed to eat lasagna out of a thermos?" When you heat it up in the morning, just cut it into bite-size pieces before spooning it in. Doesn't have to look like lasagna to taste amazing.

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6. Chili-topped baked potato

Smash up a baked potato, and toss it into the thermos with chili and cheese (maybe some onions for kiddos who like them). Don't forget to include a fork for eating.

7. Sneaky veggies and tofu mac and cheese

Toss some prepared frozen mixed veggies and small-diced tofu into some mac and cheese. Extra vitamins and protein, and maybe they'll manage to sneak past your kid's inner "I don't like that" bouncer.

8. Meatball subs

Pack meatballs, sauce and cheese in the thermos, and send it with a precut roll. At school, they can just spoon the meatballs onto the sub, and enjoy — no soggy bread!

9. Pad thai

Whether you make it yourself or order takeout the night before, pad thai is good hot or cold, and the peanut sauce makes it kid friendly, teen appropriate and adult approved.

10. Savory oatmeal

Mix prepared oatmeal with bacon, cheese, diced tomatoes and chives. But warn your kid first, because nothing is more alarming than expecting something sweet and encountering a completely different flavor.

11. Easy (healthier) thermos ramen

Boil ramen noodles in chicken, beef or veggie stock with a little fish sauce. When it's about two minutes from the end of the package's cook time, add your kid's fave frozen vegetables, cook for one minute, and pull it. The noodles and veggies will keep softening until lunch. You can toss in some chicken, pork or beef if desired, and pour it into the thermos.

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12. Deconstructed sushi

Mix chopped imitation crab, sushi rice, cucumber and sesame seeds. If desired, squeeze lemon juice over avocado chunks, and mix that in (or leave it out if your child is brown avocado-averse). Send it with pickled ginger, wasabi and a packet of soy sauce left over from takeout.

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