Family coaches. Advice books. Parenting experts. The more I read and listened, the more anxious and miserable I got
By Karen Houppert Oct 26, 2009
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It's an interesting question, but let's keep in mind that not everyone's asking it
By Kate Harding
November 11, 2009
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I stuck with him so our kid would have a dad, but I think it's time to head back home
By Cary Tennis
October 25, 2009
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Call us crackpots, but our kids spend their days at beaches and museums, not in school
By Andrew O'Hehir
September 28, 2009
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Lise Eliot explains how slight biological differences in boys and girls can turn into a yawning divide in adults
By Tracy Clark-Flory
September 26, 2009
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A couple faces off in court over whether their gravely ill son should live or die. Is this a "right-to-life" issue?
By Judy Berman
November 3, 2009
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Southwest flight attendants removed a shouting 2-year-old and his mom from a recent flight. Who behaved worse?
By Kate Harding
November 2, 2009
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A new advertising campaign offers grown men their choice of "mothers" to help them endure the dreaded common cold
By Kate Harding
October 23, 2009
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Are conservative mothers the new face of the legalization movement?
By Judy Berman
October 21, 2009
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She was once in the program but says she's got no problem. Can that be true?
By Cary Tennis
October 19, 2009
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A 16-year-old girl has embarked on a great adventure, and prompted a great deal of fretting
By Kate Harding
October 19, 2009
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Under a zero-tolerance policy to prevent school violence, a 6-year-old is kicked out for carrying camping gear
By Kate Harding
October 12, 2009
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Again, a boy passes away from a treatable illness because of his parents' beliefs -- what's left to say about it?
By Kate Harding
October 9, 2009
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He's started attending Mass ... and he's going to convert!
By Cary Tennis
October 7, 2009
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Even movies about single fathers doing their best seem to reinforce the myth that mommies rule, daddies drool
By Kate Harding
October 5, 2009
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New census data shows that women aren't abandoning high-powered careers to become stay-at-home moms
By Judy Berman
October 1, 2009
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A new British plan allows mums and dads to split parental leave. Will the U.S. ever follow suit?
By Judy Berman
September 15, 2009
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Parental concerns face off against "free-range" philosophy as back-to-school season starts
By Mary Elizabeth Williams
September 14, 2009
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A new book says that parents who refuse to talk to kids about racism might be unwittingly reinforcing it
By Amy Benfer
September 11, 2009
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He's lost, he's getting locked up, he's tempting fate -- and I don't seem to be able to protect him!
By Cary Tennis
September 10, 2009
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My liberal parents never let me play with toy guns as a boy. Now that my son is 4, I'm stockpiling the arsenal
By Mark Benjamin
September 8, 2009
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My wonderful lover is gone but my dreary husband lives on! That's not fair
By Cary Tennis
September 4, 2009
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Some adult children reportedly try to pull the plug
By Lynn Harris
September 3, 2009
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They'll drive us crazy if we stay. We want to move to Colorado!
By Cary Tennis
September 3, 2009
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The sordid back story of Julia Myerson's new memoir, "The Lost Child," should give every parenting writer pause
By Amy Benfer
September 2, 2009
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