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Putting the ‘Known’ in Known Sperm Donor
The adult daughter of two mothers and a known sperm donor is candid: Much of it was great, but it is complicated. Read More...
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Tue, Jul 22 2014 6:45 AM
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Research Suggests Students Adjusting to New School Lunches
School administrators agree that students complained about new lunch standards when they were first implemented in the fall of 2012—but tell researchers that by spring, the complaints had largely subsided. Read More...
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Mon, Jul 21 2014 11:54 AM
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Weekly Quandary: Having a Baby, and Getting a Dog
Should a couple planning on soon having a baby get a dog? Read More...
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Mon, Jul 21 2014 11:09 AM
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Immaculate Incarceration: A Baby in Solitary Confinement
According to my mother's prison records, she served around 17 weeks in "The Hole"—solitary confinement. Only for her it wasn’t so solitary. She had me. Read More...
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Sun, Jul 20 2014 5:53 AM
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I’ve Ruined My Boys
My sons—and my husband—expect me to wait on them. I can't really blame them. I made my bed. And everyone else's. Read More...
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Fri, Jul 18 2014 8:50 AM
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Playgrounds for Kids Who Can’t Run and Jump
Knowing how many ordinary pleasures were cut off from my daughter, I was angry when something as common as swinging through the air on a hot summer day was also unreachable because of broken or missing equipment. Read More...
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Thu, Jul 17 2014 11:30 AM
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Goodbye to Cloth Diapers, and Ideal Motherhood
Those washable diapers were part and parcel of the vision I had of myself as a woman and a mother. And when I gave them up, I didn’t know who I was any more. Read More...
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Thu, Jul 17 2014 9:40 AM
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Easy Ways to Get More Vegetables on the Table, More Often
Lots of different types of vegetables and beans can fill a taco, be the excuse for a soup, or top a big bowl. Read More...
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Wed, Jul 16 2014 10:37 AM
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Simplifying Measuring Medication for Children
Parents trying to administer medicine to children younger than 12 are often baffled by measuring options and confusing labels. Read More...
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Wed, Jul 16 2014 8:23 AM
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The Gay Mormon Known Sperm Donor From Utah
My friends used to offer up my status as a gay former Mormon as an icebreaker. Now, they’re helpfully tossing my role as “known sperm donor” out at dinner parties. Read More...
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Tue, Jul 15 2014 9:45 AM
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Weekly Quandary: The Kids Are Ungrateful
When kids who complain about the things a parent thought they would appreciate, like vacations and even chocolate, how can a parent help them change both tone and attitude? Read More...
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Mon, Jul 14 2014 4:17 PM
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The Emotional Whiplash of Parenting a Teenager
One minute, your teen needs you. The next, she pushes you away—hard. That's normal for her, but tough on the parent enduring the push and pull. Read More...
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Sun, Jul 13 2014 5:30 AM
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Summer Car Safety: Look Before You Lock, and More
The terrible accusations against the father alleged to have intentionally left his toddler to die in a hot car in Georgia make it too easy to mentally file the death under the category "things that will never happen to my family." Read More...
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Fri, Jul 11 2014 1:21 PM
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‘All My Friends Are White’
My son is black, but I’m not. Neither is his mother. We live in Singapore, where we don't have that many friends of any color. I wish I had friends to give my son, but I don't. Read More...
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Fri, Jul 11 2014 7:23 AM
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We Tell Kids to ‘Go to Sleep!’ We Need to Teach Them Why.
Sleep does so much more for our bodies than preventing us from being tired tomorrow, but most parents don't tell our children that. Educating kids about the importance of sleep leads them to sleep more. Read More...
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Thu, Jul 10 2014 9:14 AM
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