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How Do I Tell My Daughter I Don't Believe in God?

Sue Sanders, Salon. April 15, 2012.

There are chunks of society saying if you don’t believe in God you’re a bad person. Will Lizzie intuit that she’s bad if she doesn’t believe — or that her mother is?

Why Parents Should Stop Coddling Their Kids and Let Them Live Their Own Lives

Kathleen Volk Miller, Salon. February 29, 2012.

I see the damage that anxious overparenting has created. So, in my home, I'm trying something different.

How Better Parenting Could Produce Fewer Greedy Bankers and More People Who Care About the Future of the Earth

Toni Nagy, AlterNet. September 28, 2011.

Avoiding the "mommy and daddy" issues that lead to retail therapy and consumerism, changing how we raise our children could nurture a generation that will actualize sustainability.

Can Men Really Have It All? How a Quest for Perfectionism is Stressing Out Dads

Suzanne Braun Levine, Women's Media Center. August 17, 2011.

Is there a "male mystique"? A new study suggest that men are suffering under an unrealistic and stressful standard of perfection in both their family lives and careers.

How Fears of Bin Laden Can Lead to Authoritarian Parenting

Tom Jacobs, Miller-McCune.com. November 22, 2010.

A new study finds a strange link between terrorist fearmongering and the impulse for corporal punishment.

5 Ways to Make Divorce Beneficial to Your Children

Jane Smiley, Huffington Post. November 12, 2010.

In America, you are never supposed to treat divorce with anything but appalled lamentations. Here's an alternative.

Hey Conservatives -- Gays Are Better Parents Than You

Ellen Friedrichs, AlterNet. July 16, 2010.

Recent studies show that the absurd, hateful right-wing propaganda about gay families couldn't be more wrong.

Why Modern Day Grandparenting Is So Hard

Barbara Graham, Psychotherapy Networker. July 2, 2010.

Grandparents must continually strike a balance between their needs and those of the families they helped create. This is never easy.

Should You Let Your Kids Eat Junk Food?

Should You Let Your Kids Eat Junk Food?

Tana Ganeva, AlterNet. January 12, 2009.

Our readers sound off on a recent article about parents who who don't let their kids eat candy, soda and chips.

Too Poor to Parent?

Gaylynn Burroughs, Ms. Magazine. May 23, 2008.

Black children are twice as likely to enter U.S. foster care than white children. The culprit: our inattention to poverty.

Does It Take a Rocket Scientist to Raise a Child These Days?

Christopher Gavigan, AlterNet. May 1, 2008.

Protecting your child from harmful consumer products has become almost as time-consuming as raising them.

Avoiding the Fat Trap

Donna Fish, Huffington Post. March 27, 2008.

What do we say when our daughters declare: "I'm Fat"?

Spying Parents: When Worrying Becomes Stalking

Ellen Goodman, Washington Post Writers Group. November 9, 2007.

New technologies are allowing parents to take watching their children to creepy, new heights.

Natural Baby, Poisonous World

Brita Belli, E Magazine. May 17, 2007.

While raising a child more naturally does involve buying more organic and nontoxic products, it's also about fostering the kind of instinctive bond that's so easily lost in our high-stress, pre-packaged world.

"Best Mom Blogger" Awards Exploits Women

Joan Conde, April 9, 2007.

For a minute, I glowed in the recognition but something seeemed off...

Baby Loves Disco: Clubbing for Parents and Kids

Gloria Goodale, Christian Science Monitor. March 15, 2007.

One afternoon a month, local organizers take over a nightclub -- complete with a cash bar and the regular DJ spinning his normal playlist -- and throw open the doors to anyone under the age of seven, accompanied by parents.

'Gifted Child Industry' Preys on Parents' Insecurities

Helaine Olen, AlterNet. October 18, 2006.

Even as a lucrative industry is making millions off of parents' desire to ensure that their kids are exceptional, public schools are cutting programs for children that are truly gifted.

Where Have All the Good Jobs Gone?

William Lazonick, December 31, 1969.


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