Family
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Avoiding Over-Parenting Means Being Comfortable Living With Mistakes
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Are We Pushing Our Kids Too Hard To Succeed?
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My Daughter Dresses Like A Boy, So What?
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Forget Empty Nest Syndrome, I'm Ready For Me Time
By Michele Weldon
As Babies Grow, So Do We
By Mark GreeneApril 12, 2012
My son is 6. He has a thing he does lately where he puts his wide-open mouth about a tenth of an inch from my nose. Then he just freezes there, panting on my nose. After the 500th time, I’m just trying not to go ballistic on him. He’s a sweet kid. But he does this nose thing because he knows it drives me crazy. Kids find out your crazy-making thing, because, of course, you tell the...
What Being A Stay-At-Home Father Has Reduced Me To
By Gregory CollinsApril 09, 2012
Filmmaker Gregory Collins describes the sometimes-dirty job of being a hands-on stay-at-home dad in the world today. There is a turd in the bathtub. Again. I have studied my daughter’s digestive patterns extensively, and I thought I had this sorted. My calculus is off. Or maybe it is the plums. Nevermind the turd. What the hell am I doing? I used to be someone with a lot of potential...
Why Should Marriage Make A Family?
By Maria PeñaApril 06, 2012
The terms "boyfriend/girlfriend" hardly encompass what Maria Peña and her partner, Matt, are to each other, but they are not legally married. And she's tired of having to explain why—when they are as committed to each other and each other's children as any married couple could be. “How do you refer to each other?” It was almost a whisper. I found myself surprised by th...Want to Start Talking?
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