Articles Tagged with #parenting
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Personal Essays
My Hairy Boy
Maybe you don’t have a problem with really hairy arms, but then again, you’re not the father of a Wookie.
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The Non-Expert
The Mommy Wars
Experts answer what they know. The Non-Expert answers anything. This week we help a frustrated mother cope: how to deal with—nevermind survive—those overly nice mothers at play dates.
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Personal Essays
Bonding in the Battlemaze
The family that plays together, stays together—unless they’re playing laser tag.
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Op-Ed
Daddies Unbound
The stereotype that dads don’t show much skill or interest in child-rearing should have gone out when you were still in diapers—so why does it persist?
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Spoofs & Satire
Namibia’s Tourism Minister Sends a Plea to Britney Spears
Just because your career takes an awkward turn doesn’t mean your baby’s birth can’t be a cherished event. Before you cancel your reservation at the Namibian birthing palace, we’d like a moment of your time.
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Personal Essays
Raisin Hell
Fitting in is hard to do. Left to your own imagination, is it better to be yourself—or be a California Raisin? A tale of fourth-grade woe.
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Spoofs & Satire
Hoping for a Safe Return
It’s every parent’s worst nightmare: Your child goes missing only days before you try and claim him as a dependent on your tax return. A tale of loss and capital gains.
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Roundtables
New Fathers, Round III
Are you ruining your child’s chances at future employment by blogging about his poop? By becoming a father yourself, do you finally understand your own dad? A look at the challenges of contemporary paternity.
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Personal Essays
Types of Stories My Mother Tells
As it begins, you’re pretty sure you’ve heard this one before. Wait, no, maybe this time it’s different. Maybe this time it’ll have an extra nugget of sage advice. Maybe? A catalog of favorite themes.
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The Non-Expert
Flying Babies
Experts answer what they know. The Non-Expert answers anything. This week we dive into the great button fly vs. zipper fly debate, and give advice to a man whose wife is addicted to children.
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Opinions
New Ways to Lose Your Lunch
Everybody barfs. But it’s an altogether different product depending on if you’re an infant or the last one standing at tequila happy hour.
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Personal Essays
A New, Old House
It’s true: You can never go home again. Watching a construction team renovate the house you grew up in, and understanding why your parents wanted a new place to live.