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Rise of the Dad Wars

Mary Elizabeth Williams
Increasingly, women aren't the only ones being criticized for choosing to stay at home with their kids

I’ve got “baby fever”

Tracy Clark-Flory
Could there be real science behind the old cliche of a woman's biological clock? I didn't believe it -- until now

When your child is gay

Mary Elizabeth Williams
Kids are coming out at younger and younger ages -- and parents need to help them. Here's how

My pregnancy rebellion

Marie C. Baca
I was fed up with rules that mark the beginning of an identity loss for mothers. So I took a stand, in an odd way

“Game of Thrones” parenting lessons

Ned Vizzini
The HBO show is violent and sexually graphic -- and it's filled with wisdom about being a dad

The new autism reality

Ann Bauer
The recent stats may seem scary. But as a mom who worried in solitude, I know there's hope in not being alone

A father responds to his gay 7-year-old

Mary Elizabeth Williams
A touching blog post illustrates what a loving father should say when his second grader comes out

I pick the wrong men. Why?

Cary Tennis
In life, I'm an A student. When it comes to men, I get an F

Redefining “wife material”

Lucy McKeon
"Mad Men" reminds us that the idea of the "marriageable woman" has evolved dramatically -- and continues to, today

Easter egg hunt gone wild

Mary Elizabeth Williams
A group of zealous parents ruins a Colorado holiday tradition. How did this happen?

Is my son the next Trayvon?

Quincy McCoy
A senseless shooting reminds a father that there's no way to keep his son safe -- even if he's just walking home

Friends with marriages

Irin Carmon
"Friends With Kids" is ostensibly a movie about parenting -- but it also offers baffling lessons about matrimony

Parenting advice from George Clooney’s dad

Mary Elizabeth Williams
Nick Clooney explains how he raised Hollywood's socially aware icon

When parents drug their kids

Mary Elizabeth Williams
Antihistamines can knock out even the loudest child on a plane. Is it safe -- or just bad parenting?

Rochester’s ridiculous banned book controversy

Mary Elizabeth Williams
A book about same-sex parenting creates an uproar when it gets banned from a Minnesota library

Home-schooled and illiterate

Kristin Rawls
The religious right calls it the "responsible" choice, but for some kids it means isolation with little education

Hi, I’m Salon’s new TV critic

Willa Paskin
Let me introduce myself

Escaping the gender trap

Eve Gerber
Peggy Orenstein talks about ways parents can help their kids think outside society's pink/blue divide

When Harry met Sally – and ruined the rom-com

Andrew O'Hehir
The movie set the lame template for Hollywood's romantic comedies. As "Friends With Kids" proves, it still does

What we gained through infertility

Joanna Lovinger
Trying to have our own baby made John and me miserable. Admitting defeat was a heartbreak -- and a revelation

Inside the bully economy

Thomas Rogers
A provocative new book argues that deregulation is leading to more school shootings. We speak to the author

Politicians’ beliefs deserve scrutiny

Russ Baker
Mocking Mormons' special undies is silly, but we should question how a candidate's faith affects decision-making

Parenting secrets of a college professor

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

Reefer madness

Mary Elizabeth Williams
Middle-school anti-drug campaigns have barely changed in decades. Are they too lame to work with today's preteens?
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