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Moms for Marijuana?
Every Mothers Day, millions of American women receive cards from their children. In 2005, more than 150 million Mothers Day cards were sent to the 82.5 million American women w... ...read more
Does Calling American Kids Too Fat to Fight Help or Hurt Them?
As would be abundantly clear to anyone who’s been reading the news for the past decade, we have a problem with obesity in this country. A problem so serious, in fact, tha... ...read more
And the Worst Toy of the Year Award Goes To . . .
According to the journal Pediatrics, the average young American is exposed to over 3,000 advertisements a day. This is a lot! It is so many it is almost hard to fathom. I can h... ...read more
Something Else to Worry About: Expert Claims “Cry-it-out Sleep Training” Can Cause Brain Damage
Parenting expert Penelope Leach has a new book, and it’s already making waves for its claim that so-called “cry-it-out sleep training” can cause brain damage.... ...read more
That 1 Percent of Adoptions that Don’t Work Out—A Russian Adoption Gone Wrong
There are many disturbing things about the widely reported story of the Tennessee woman who adopted a boy from Russia only to send him back seven months later. Among them, that... ...read more
The Mediocre Mothers of France
Those French people, they’re so accepting of certain things—extra-marital affairs, high taxes, universal health care. Also, a child-rearing philosophy that involves smo... ...read more
Melissa Rivers, Xanax, and the Tale of the Terrifying Public Temper Tantrum
A few days ago I was at a Barnes & Noble when I heard the telltale sounds of a tantrum-in-the-making. The child’s words were somewhat unintelligible, but his guardian... ...read more
Not Talking About Race Is Not the Same As Not Being Racist
In 2006, a researcher in Austin recruited a few hundred white families with children between 5 and 7 to do a study about race. She gave the kids a survey then divided the famil... ...read more
Does Giving Your Baby an Unusual Name Mean You’re a Narcissist?
For girls, Autumn was the 89th most popular, Genesis was 95th, and Brooklyn was 47th (Brooklynn was 182nd). For boys, Caden was 95th, Josue was 182nd, and Nehemiah was 364th. A... ...read more
How DNA Tests Change Things (Maybe for the Worse)
Take this scenario: a decade ago you signed up as an anonymous sperm donor. You gave the sperm bank some basic information about you but not much more than that. Years go by. Y... ...read moreFollow Us
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