One mom on learning to love the minivan

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Jan 23, 2013

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One mom on learning to love the minivan

Karen Alpert is the brains behind the parenting blog, Baby Sideburns. This week she's back to talk about the dark side of being a parent, and why we shouldn't be afraid of the minivan

A General Motors Buick blue minivan (2/L) is seen during morning rush hour traffic along Beijing's Second Ring Road on May 14, 2009. While ailing at home in the United States, GM leads the chase for Chinese car buyers and it may add a plant in China to meet its goal of doubling annual sales to two million within five years with products developed for "the most important growth market in the world", said GM China's president and managing director Kevin Wale. As China led the world in auto sales in April, GM China's joint ventures' sales rose 29.9 percent on year to 151,084 vehicles, driven by demand for Buicks and small Wuling "bread vans" that cost less than 5,000 dollars. Shanghai GM is a 50-50 joint venture partenership between General Motors and Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp. Group (SAIC), one of China's largest passenger car manufacturers.

Karen Alpert is the brains behind the parenting blog, Baby Sideburns. This week she's back to talk about the dark side of being a parent, and why we shouldn't be afraid of the minivan