http://dir.salon.com/topics/children/?source=rss&aim=children en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT By Andrew O'Hehir Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/10/19/o_hehir_homeschooling/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/10/19/o_hehir_homeschooling/index.html?source=rss What's the curriculum for our twin 5-year-olds? Greek myths, costumed trips to the Met and Lightning McQueen By Cary Tennis Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/10/25/moved_across_country/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/10/25/moved_across_country/index.html?source=rss I stuck with him so our kid would have a dad, but I think it's time to head back home Introduction by Daniel Handler Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/10/12/storytime/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/10/12/storytime/index.html?source=rss Want to hear a really good story? Turn off your TV and turn toward the nearest 4-year-old By Andrew O'Hehir Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/09/28/confessions_homeschooler/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/09/28/confessions_homeschooler/index.html?source=rss Call us crackpots, but our kids spend their days at beaches and museums, not in school By Tracy Clark-Flory Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/09/26/gender_difference/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/09/26/gender_difference/index.html?source=rss Lise Eliot explains how slight biological differences in boys and girls can turn into a yawning divide in adults By Amanda Fortini Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/09/25/cold_weather_babies/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/09/25/cold_weather_babies/index.html?source=rss Why do babies born between December and February have a bleaker life outcome than those born in other months? By Amy Benfer Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/09/11/colorblind_myth/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/09/11/colorblind_myth/index.html?source=rss A new book says that parents who refuse to talk to kids about racism might be unwittingly reinforcing it By Robert Burton Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/env/mind_reader/2009/08/13/philosophical_baby/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/env/mind_reader/2009/08/13/philosophical_baby/index.html?source=rss Toddlers have amazing philosophical minds that work like computers and can teach us a world about ourselves By Katharine Mieszkowski Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/07/25/lovely_life/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/07/25/lovely_life/index.html?source=rss Vicki Forman's twins weighed only a pound at birth. She thought they should be allowed to die. Doctors disagreed By Cary Tennis Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/07/09/orphan/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/07/09/orphan/index.html?source=rss Only someone who's been through it can know what's like to lose both parents at 16 By Cary Tennis Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/07/07/kids_owning_houses/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/07/07/kids_owning_houses/index.html?source=rss How old do you have to be in the U.S. to buy property? Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/video_dog/media/2009/06/05/books_barrypearson/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/video_dog/media/2009/06/05/books_barrypearson/index.html?source=rss The children's book authors recommend their favorite summer reading. Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/video_dog/media/2009/06/05/books_breathed/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/video_dog/media/2009/06/05/books_breathed/index.html?source=rss The "Bloom County" creator on why you should keep reading history. By Heather Havrilesky Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/05/20/havrilesky_stepmonster/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/05/20/havrilesky_stepmonster/index.html?source=rss A sympathetic new book about the family member everyone loves to hate suggests even the best stepmoms in the world are set up to fail miserably. By Cary Tennis Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/05/18/divorce_decision/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/05/18/divorce_decision/index.html?source=rss I'm separated and in counseling, and I have to decide next week to divorce or not By Robert Radin Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/05/14/urinals/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/05/14/urinals/index.html?source=rss Everyone's child obsesses about something. But why did my son choose urinals? By Katharine Mieszkowski Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/05/04/free_range_kids/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/05/04/free_range_kids/index.html?source=rss Kids today are just as safe as they were in the '70s, says "Free-Range Kids" author Lenore Skenazy, and what's really distressing is an alarmist culture that refuses to let them grow up. By Cary Tennis Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/05/04/babies/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/05/04/babies/index.html?source=rss I know I'm too young, but every time I look at one, I want one. How to delay my desire? By Cary Tennis Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/04/09/husband_wants_kids/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/04/09/husband_wants_kids/index.html?source=rss We've got a great life going. Let's not spoil it. By Ann Bauer Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/03/26/bauer_autism/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/03/26/bauer_autism/index.html?source=rss For years I thought of his autism as beautiful and mysterious. But when he turned unspeakably violent, I had to question everything I knew. By Katharine Mieszkowski Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/03/07/live_through_this/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/03/07/live_through_this/index.html?source=rss After her teenagers hit the streets, author Debra Gwartney faced desperation and panic. She talks about why her children left -- and how they finally returned. By Tracy Clark-Flory Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/02/20/sexting_teens/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/02/20/sexting_teens/index.html?source=rss What's more disturbing -- that teens are texting each other naked pictures of themselves, or that it could get them branded as sex offenders for life? By Cary Tennis Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/02/03/two_men_problem/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/02/03/two_men_problem/index.html?source=rss I want kids. I want security. I want laughter. By Cary Tennis Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/01/13/kid_with_nanny/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/01/13/kid_with_nanny/index.html?source=rss If I marry, I get a 16-year-old who can barely take care of herself. By Cary Tennis Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/12/18/autism/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/12/18/autism/index.html?source=rss I wish she'd consult a specialist, but she thinks she knows what's best.