Childhood - Salon.com http://dir.salon.com/topics/childhood/?source=rss&aim=childhood en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST Why do we resist going to the doctor? By Cary Tennis Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/11/24/avoiding_the_doctor/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/11/24/avoiding_the_doctor/index.html?source=rss I waited too long for my diagnosis: Whence such perversity? Childhood fears I am arming my kid to the teeth By Mark Benjamin Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/09/08/benjamin_guns/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/09/08/benjamin_guns/index.html?source=rss My liberal parents never let me play with toy guns as a boy. Now that my son is 4, I'm stockpiling the arsenal I cannot watch violence on TV or in movies By Cary Tennis Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/05/15/tv_violene/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/05/15/tv_violene/index.html?source=rss My family thinks it's just entertainment, but it leaves me anxious and sleepless. They f*** you up, your mum and dad By Andrew O'Hehir Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/review/2009/03/31/family_memoirs/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2009/03/31/family_memoirs/index.html?source=rss So you thought your parents were weird. Two remarkable memoirs about partner swapping, revolutionary politics and other unorthodox family tales. Childhood, a time of carefree play ... and crash diets? By Sarah Hepola Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2008/05/08/eating_disorders/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2008/05/08/eating_disorders/index.html?source=rss In Britain, there's an increase in kids under 10 being hospitalized for eating disorders. I had a nomadic childhood; now I can't maintain ties By Cary Tennis Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/12/11/nomad_child/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/12/11/nomad_child/index.html?source=rss I seem to have lost some part of myself and wish I could get it back. My childhood dreams are shattering as I approach adulthood By Cary Tennis Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/03/21/youth_and_illusion/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/03/21/youth_and_illusion/index.html?source=rss I used to believe in fantastic things of the imagination; now they all seem to be dead. My half-brother locked me in the closet and I think I'm to blame By Cary Tennis Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/03/06/abuser_and_abused/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/03/06/abuser_and_abused/index.html?source=rss I am conflicted about who is to blame for my older brother's abuse. I goaded him on. I think I share the blame. Childhood's end By Gary Kamiya Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/kamiya/2007/12/18/childhood_end/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/kamiya/2007/12/18/childhood_end/index.html?source=rss When your children grow up, you have to say goodbye to part of them -- and part of yourself. My 13-year-old singer wants to quit piano lessons By Cary Tennis Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/06/21/piano_lessons/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/06/21/piano_lessons/index.html?source=rss I'd love to let her quit so that we can stop fighting about it, but I know she'll regret it if she does. Daddy's becoming a woman! By Cary Tennis Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/05/10/transsexual/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/05/10/transsexual/index.html?source=rss How do I tell our 8-year-old daughter that her dad is having a sex change? Do I have to be a mommy to "opt out"? By Cary Tennis Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/04/24/auntie/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/04/24/auntie/index.html?source=rss I'm crazy in love with my two sisters' five kids. I feel like helping to raise them would give my life meaning. Should we two mommies tell our child who the sperm donor was? By Cary Tennis Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/01/03/lesbian_parents/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/01/03/lesbian_parents/index.html?source=rss I think the child will want to know who the father was, but my partner is concerned about interference and complications. My 8-year-old misses his old life -- should we move back to the suburbs? By Cary Tennis Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2006/10/19/new_town/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2006/10/19/new_town/index.html?source=rss It was good to separate from their alcoholic dad -- but I feel bad about bringing my kids to the city. Four square for grown-ups? By Christopher Noxon Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2006/06/28/kids_games/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2006/06/28/kids_games/index.html?source=rss Childhood games like tag, dodgeball and rock paper scissors are being reclaimed by adults. Is there some deep societal reason why people are returning to kiddie fun? People love me but I can't feel it By Cary Tennis Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2006/03/23/vortex/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2006/03/23/vortex/index.html?source=rss Since childhood, I feel only a great emptiness. I'm still angry at my father -- what happened in my childhood? By Cary Tennis Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2005/11/01/father/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2005/11/01/father/index.html?source=rss I have certain hazy memories that give me the creeps, but I really don't know the truth. Shel games By Lisa Rogak Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2005/04/20/shel/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2005/04/20/shel/index.html?source=rss The great children's poet and adult entertainer Shel Silverstein did it all -- singing jazz songs, hanging with Lenny Bruce, writing plays, drawing cartoons, and living at the Playboy Mansion. Lynda Barry Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/comics/2003/01/24/barry_eulogy/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/comics/2003/01/24/barry_eulogy/index.html?source=rss Eulogy We gambled and lost everything we didn't need By Kate Convissor Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2002/12/13/home_again/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2002/12/13/home_again/index.html?source=rss After nearly two years on the road, we arrive a different family -- splintered but revived. May you never know your place By Justin Davidson Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2002/10/07/entitled/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2002/10/07/entitled/index.html?source=rss My son believes New York is his town, and the world is his oyster cracker. Is he entitled to feel entitled? Lynda Barry Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/comics/2002/09/20/lynda_said/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/comics/2002/09/20/lynda_said/index.html?source=rss What She Just Said Lynda Barry Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/comics/2002/09/13/lynda_cool/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/comics/2002/09/13/lynda_cool/index.html?source=rss Countdown from cool Lynda Barry Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/comics/2002/08/02/lynda_swan/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/comics/2002/08/02/lynda_swan/index.html?source=rss The Crying Swan All about basketball By Susan Straight Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2002/06/06/hardcore/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2002/06/06/hardcore/index.html?source=rss My girls live and breathe hoops with a passion that carries us beyond the season into moments of frightening uncertainty.