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 Katharine Mieszkowski May 4, 2009
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I don't think I'm comfortable with my 17-year-old bringing 16-year-old girls home -- but what to do?
By Cary Tennis
June 30, 2009
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Learning to ride a bike sure has come a long way from ye olde training wheels.
By Katharine Mieszkowski, Amy Reiter
December 2, 2008
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The creators of "Yo Gabba Gabba" tell the story behind the coolest (and least annoying) kids show on television.
By Heather Havrilesky
August 28, 2008
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Seeking suggestions: Best movies for kids, non-current, non-Disney (or at least non-CGI) and non-obvious preferred.
By Andrew O'Hehir
June 2, 2008
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My church showed me a horror flick that left me terrified for all who are not yet saved
By Cary Tennis
June 17, 2009
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Concentration on my goal seems to yield no results: How can I transform myself? I want to spread my toes and swim!
By Cary Tennis
June 2, 2009
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I'm separated and in counseling, and I have to decide next week to divorce or not
By Cary Tennis
May 18, 2009
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I'd leave my husband and take my daughter but that would be kidnapping!
By Cary Tennis
May 13, 2009
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I'm doing 60 hours a week to get ahead so I can finally stop and have babies.
By Cary Tennis
March 12, 2009
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I want kids. I want security. I want laughter.
By Cary Tennis
February 3, 2009
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Something for the budding rock star and the pint-size design aficionado.
By Katharine Mieszkowski, Amy Reiter
December 2, 2008
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Simple pleasures that are inexpensive but endlessly entertaining.
By Katharine Mieszkowski, Amy Reiter
December 2, 2008
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I'm pretty sure this is what I want, but I'm stuck on how to do it.
By Cary Tennis
November 3, 2008
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I know it sounds crazy, but the smoking is making me insane; I figure maybe if I left he'd get the message.
By Cary Tennis
October 24, 2008
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I don't know what my friends are talking about, and I don't know what my problem is.
By Cary Tennis
October 7, 2008
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How do I find community? Everyone I used to know has moved away.
By Cary Tennis
August 12, 2008
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See, there's this maverick single dad with three adopted kids, and he buys this old houseboat and starts restoring it ...
By Cary Tennis
July 14, 2008
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Every time he takes a sip of anything, he emits this deep, mournful exhalation. It is spooky and weird and I want him to stop.
By Cary Tennis
July 1, 2008
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He recoils at the idea now, but he's only 26. Should I assume he'll change? Or move on?
By Cary Tennis
June 10, 2008
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My parents are too old and my siblings are too mired in difficulties. But I'm hesitant to bring up the idea with friends.
By Cary Tennis
May 16, 2008
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Eight Belles was the first sports figure who ever caught my 2-year-old daughter's eye.
By King Kaufman
May 5, 2008
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Harmony Korine, the skate-punk Fitzgerald of the '90s, is back for his second act -- with a sweet and surprisingly lovely film, believe it or not.
By Andrew O'Hehir
May 2, 2008
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We've got five children, one only 2 weeks old -- and now he says he wants a divorce.
By Cary Tennis
April 30, 2008
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How can you bring a kid into the world when you can't know in advance if the kid wants to exist?
By Cary Tennis
April 18, 2008
Stop worrying about your children!
I found a girl in my son's bed
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No more purple dinosaurs! 
I'm on vacation. But you can help out!
Where's the girl horse?
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