Why Can’t We Accept That Some Women Don’t Want Kids?
It used to be that the Cleavers—dad working an office job, mom raising two boys full-time—were the model American family. But the past several decades have seen dramatic changes—recent studies find...
View ArticleDon’t Freak Out if You’re Not Lusting After a Baby
Why do some adult men and women choose not to have kids? Los Angeles Times columnist Meghan Daum had only seen the topic addressed in a “really glib, flippant way.” Even people who have made this...
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Why the American Family Needs Same-Sex Parents
On April 28th, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in an omnibus case about whether same-sex couples are allowed to marry in all 50 states in this country. The probability of the court...
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The Tenacious Woman Who Helped Deliver Mother’s Day to the U.S.
One hundred years ago last May, President Woodrow Wilson signed the first congressional resolution and presidential proclamation calling upon all citizens to display the national flag in honor of...
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I’d Rather Do Almost Anything Than Go Trolling for Bras
When my daughter was 12, she asked if I would take her and two friends shopping at the mall for “friendship bras.” Was this a brand I hadn’t heard of? “It’s when you go with your friends and you all...
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How a Little Splashing Around Is Making My Neighborhood a Better Place
I work in North Richmond and the Iron Triangle as the Community Wellness Coordinator for YES Nature to Neighborhoods, a nonprofit that strengthens local families by taking them out into nature. These...
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The Luxury of Grandparenting
I worked all of my life as a costumer. Feature films (from The Outsiders to Spiderman 2) and television series took me across the world—from Tulsa, Oklahoma and Austin, Texas to communist Poland and...
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The Internet Will Not Turn Your Teen Into a Brain-Dead Zombie
I come bearing good news: Our teens are not growing into brain-dead zombies or emotionally stunted sociopaths. After more than a decade of research by child psychologists like me, we have discovered...
View ArticlePTAs Are the Opposite of Community
Here’s a quick quiz for anyone who has ever had kids or grandkids or nieces and nephews in school: Can you name all of the fundraising items you’ve purchased from the PTA (or whatever acronym...
View ArticleCuring My Daughter’s Colic
I should have seen this coming. I was too lucky during pregnancy, contending only with a few weeks of morning sickness and a bout of sciatica. By week 37, I was still able to both see and touch my...
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