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who needs dad?: By Susie Bright? Nov 3, 1997
An unsavory stew: 'Grimm's Grimmest' restores the original Grimm fairy tales in all their bloody detail. Illustrated by Tracy Arah Dockray, introduction and translation by Maria Tatar.; Introduction by Camille Peri Oct 31, 1997
My parents went to Pagan New Year and all I got was this dumb negative energy stone: Despite your fantasies of human sacrifices and blood-curdling wails, Halloween with real witches and pagans is probably tamer than you think.; By Courtney Weaver Oct 31, 1997
Junk mail: It's more honest about your family's finances than you are; Introduction by Camille Peri Oct 28, 1997
Welfare Cinderella: How I went from rags to riches to reality in just one year.; By Ariel Gore Oct 27, 1997
bad girl: A teenager struggles to stay human in the clutches of a system that despises her.; By Nell Bernstein Oct 22, 1997
An unfinished life: After his senseless death in Somalia, Dan Eldon's mother created a memorial out of his remarkable journals.; By Lori Leibovich Oct 20, 1997
For girls only: With love and irritation, a professor remembers the books she grew up with -- and away from.; By Laura Green Oct 17, 1997
Teenage Breast Management: An excerpt from "The Body Project, and Intimate History of American Girls" by Joan Jacobs Brumberg.; By Laura Green Oct 17, 1997
Of lye soap and frilly pink dresses: An Apache woman's memoir recalls a brutal year in an Indian orphanage.; By Sharon Skolnick Oct 15, 1997
Expecting the worst: With almost 6 million copies in print, 'What to Expect When You're Expecting' is one of the nation's top-selling pregnancy guides. By the time my daughter was born, I actively detested it.; By Jennifer Reese Oct 13, 1997
Paper-clothed strangers: Holding a stranger's hand during an abortion is an unforgetable experience.; By Jennifer New Oct 8, 1997
Mom's a head-banger but her daughter just keeps on truckin'.: By Sara Baird Oct 7, 1997
mental hell: How the American health-care system killed a 13-year-old girl.; By Lori Leibovich Oct 3, 1997
School is out: The important thing about home schooling isn't getting away from school. It's getting back into your home.; By Denis Johnson Oct 1, 1997
A parent's worst nightmare: A Colorado child-abuse case highlights the controversial and misunderstood condition of reactive attachment disorder.; By Lori Leibovich Sep 30, 1997
Got milk?: There's nothing like a breast pump to get you in touch with your bovine side.; By Jacqueline Frost Sep 24, 1997
Creme Booblee: Serve up a recipe for disaster; By Kate Moses Sep 24, 1997
death of a fat girl: Is Christina Corrigan's mother on trial for neglect -- or for having an obese child?; By Lori Leibovich Sep 22, 1997
New controversy over sudden infant death syndrome: Two forthcoming studies suggest that more cases may be due to parental abuse than previously thought.; By Dawn MacKeen Sep 19, 1997
Not alone anymore: The Internet allows disabled people and their loved ones to find resources -- and community.; By Dan Kennedy Sep 17, 1997
Temporary god: Even a mother's love can be replaced.; By Sallie Tisdale Sep 16, 1997
creating a life: Women writers talk about motherhood, ambition, taking chances and making time for both kids and work.; By Dayna Macy Sep 10, 1997
1 week until college: A daughter's surly behavior is a symptom of something even more painful.; By Sandi Kahn Shelton Sep 9, 1997
vive la kiddie pool: In this first of an occasional series of dispatches by an expatriate mom, the author belly-flops into a cultural gulf at her Parisian swimming pool.; By Debra S. Ollivier Sep 5, 1997