Everyone's child obsesses about something. But why did my son choose urinals?
By Robert Radin May 14, 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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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 Ann Bauer
March 26, 2009
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I know a mother is supposed to accept her children as they are. But my son has one painful flaw -- he's straight.
By Sarah Bird
June 25, 2008
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Man tries to kill himself on Italian program.
By David Puner
December 11, 2006
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I know I can't support him anymore -- I need to save for retirement. What do I do?
By Cary Tennis
September 4, 2007
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Growing up, I was terrified of my father's hair-trigger temper. So it was with surprise, and shame, that I found myself exploding at my teenage son.
By Kurt Chandler
June 18, 2005
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A rich Korean brew filled with slimy green ribbons soothes a mother after the birth of one son and the death of another.
By Brenda Paik Sunoo
February 6, 2002
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How and when do I tell him about Amadou Diallo?
By Valeria Russ
July 26, 2000
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A hot summer day, a carload of teenage boys and a dangerous driving mistake reveal a mom's capacity to pardon boyhood transgressions.
By Colin Harrison
May 9, 2000
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In the third installment of his lesbian sperm donor saga, Hank Pellissier describes the arrivals of his two babies -- born 21 days apart.
By Hank Pellissier
May 3, 2000
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One wonderful, confusing, sweaty summer in Miami, I got my first lessons about sex from my pal, my dad and a Jersey girl.
By Stephen G. Bloom
April 11, 2000
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A mother lives with the disciplined ambivalence of a do-not-resuscitate order.
By Elizabeth Halling
March 30, 2000
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Mothers, driven by impure decorating motives, should not be allowed in bachelor pads.
By Matthew DeBord
March 28, 2000
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What kind of kid would break up with his mother? Mine, apparently.
By Amy Sunshine
March 16, 2000
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Online confession queen Spike Gillespie dishes on bad boys and reveals her true love -- her son.
By Katie Allison Granju
August 11, 1999
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How ethical is it to choose the sex of your baby, and what does
it mean for the future of the human race?
By Lisa Moskowitz
September 15, 1998
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How ethical is it to choose the sex of your baby, and what does
it mean for the future of the human race?
By Lisa Moskowitz
September 15, 1998
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By Anne Lamott
September 25, 1997