Family
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Why Is It Still A Big Deal When Boys Play With 'Girl Toys'?
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How My Old School Dad Raised Me To Be A New School Feminist
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Can You Ever Really Know Someone?
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Thank You, Mom, For Never Letting Me Fall
By Brian Hyman
Why You Should Share Photos Of Your Son Wearing Pink
By Avital Norman NathmanMay 10, 2013
I just read Randi Zuckerberg’s HuffPo piece, “My Son Wears Pink: To Share or Not To Share?” and it took me a bit to figure out why it didn’t sit quite well with me. Zuckerberg takes on the question of whether or not it’s in our children’s best interest to publicly share photos of them that fall outside the “norm.” Childhood is a time to experimen...
Happy Mother's Day To All Of My Son's Mothers
By Sydne DidierMay 10, 2013
Every year on Mother's Day, Sydne Didier sends her own message of thanks to her son's birth mother and foster mother. The last time I mentioned her, we were playing badminton. As so often happens when I watch him move, so smooth and confident in his body, I think of her. “I wonder if your birth mother is athletic like you,” I said. He stopped, shuttlecock in one hand, racket in t...
This Mother's Day, I Am No Longer A Mother
By Emily RappMay 08, 2013
On this first Mother's Day after the loss of her son Ronan, Emily Rapp ponders what it truly means to be a mother. “He was the son of his son—he was here, he was left behind.” – Colum McCann, Let the Great World Spin In preparation for this upcoming Mother’s Day, I’ve been reading a book about the tightrope walker who, in 1974, illegally, with the help of h...Want to Start Talking?
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