Did I Really Need to Have a C-Section?
Did I Really Need to Have a C-Section?
Some women who’ve given birth surgically are ecstatic. Some are neutral. I am angry.
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A Reading List for Moms Who Want to Raise Feminist Sons
ReadBrightly
Once I realized my family would be mostly male, I oriented myself to the task of raising sons who take gender equality as a fact of life. Not because I say so, but because it’s right.
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Thank You All For Not Making Me Do This Parenting Thing Alone
Washington Post
While I may be the first so-called expert in my sons’ lives, I’m not always the best, or the one they need at any given time.
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Why I Help My Child with Writing Assignments (But You Shouldn’t)
ReadBrightly
Who am I to offer advice about helping kids with school writing projects? You shouldn’t. Except I have to. Here’s why.
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Modernization or Censorship? The Case of the Non-PC Children’s Book
ReadBrightly
What do Little House on the Prairie, Pippi Longstocking, and Huckleberry Finn have in common? Sometimes uncomfortable language. Does eliminating the words, or the books, help or hurt our kids?
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Vote Here: Books for Tweens and Teens About Elections
ReadBrightly
Got election-curious kids? Good for them — and you! Here, books to help kids understand the democratic process.
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The Big Lie
American Baby
Why don’t we tell each other the truth about how hard motherhood is in the first six weeks?
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Op Ed: Bad Mom? You Know It!
Newsday
Did you hear the whoop of joy coming from a humble home in South Huntington? That was me. Turns out, “bad” parenting is back in style…
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Mom Advice
American Baby
In my July 2011 column, playdates go awry when one mother ignores her unruly child. Plus, dad wants baby out of the master bedroom, mom isn’t so sure…
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Losing Friends, In One Way or Another
Washington Post
I went to my 20-year high school reunion last year — reluctantly. Not for the reasons one might expect; high school was actually pretty kind to me….I dreaded showing up in that hotel ballroom and scanning the crowd of classmates for the two faces that I already knew would not be there…
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