Monthly Archives: December 2010

What Is “Pretty”? The Mom Who Straightened her 6-Year-Old’s Hair

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Back in elementary school, we got a new girl in our class one year who had Very Curly Hair. I mean, very curly. It wasn’t long and corkscrew-y, or wavy and bouncy, or quirky and Shirley Temple-like. This girl — her name was Tina Battaglia, in case she Googles herself these days — had a […]

Turning Tikes into Tiger Woods: What’s Wrong With Sports For Babies?

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I never have to wait around for very long, or dig very deep, to find something to be either baffled or outraged about when it comes to modern parenting. Yesterday’s crazy-making dose came in the form of a New York Times article about sports for babies. Yes, I meant to write “babies.” The article opens […]