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Crib Notes, a program for young parents
Catherine Price
Michigan aims to reduce infant mortality rates by reaching out to middle schoolers.
The power and glory of the five-second rule
Andrew Leonard
Never mind the data on microbial contamination -- it's the existential philosophy of survival that parents truly cherish.
Bionic parents and techno-children
Lynn Harris
Author Liza Mundy talks about "designer babies," the "epidemic" of twins, and why assisted reproduction is the world's biggest social experiment.
For immigrants, is sex education a particularly touchy subject?
Catherine Price
Or do all Americans, regardless of where they came from, need to address their issues with sex ed?
Rosie’s view
Salon Staff
Rosie O'Donnell has made her mark on "The View." Now that she's leaving, who should step in to take her place?
Do I have to be a mommy to “opt out”?
Cary Tennis
I'm crazy in love with my two sisters' five kids. I feel like helping to raise them would give my life meaning.
Women earn less than men a year out of college
Tracy Clark-Flory
A new study challenges wage gap deniers.
Note to politicians
Garrison Keillor
It is invigorating to realize you've been dead wrong about something. That's why we read history.
I Like to Watch
Heather Havrilesky
From the horndogs of "Entourage" to the lip-glossed man-hunters of "The Bachelor," gender bias stays in the picture.
Are women unmotivated earners?
Tracy Clark-Flory
An Op-Ed argues that the wage gap results from family-minded women.
Kiddie cellphones
Carol Lloyd
What parent can resist an invisible umbilical cord that can stretch across mountains and through buildings?
The Fix
Scott Lamb
Trump gets set for Wrestlemania. Penelope Cruz and Josh Hartnett? Plus: Rowan Atkinson laughs "once every five years."
Could parenting get any harder?
Catherine Price
A longitudinal study on American childcare shows that time spent in day care can lead to behavior problems later on.
It’s all fun and games
Dashka Slater
In the crazy, mixed-up lexicon of modern parenting, learning about table manners is "fun" but playing cops and robbers is "good for you." What's next?
Campus contraceptive costs spike
Page Rockwell
Plus, Texas considers offering women financial incentives to choose adoption instead of abortion.
The Fix
Scott Lamb
The Grazergate flap. The Jolie-Pitts donate. Plus: Bernhard blames bad parenting for Britney.
To the worker ants of science
Garrison Keillor
The heroic effort known as the Internet was the work of patient, hardworking men and women. Where are the statues to them? Plus: Garrison Keillor responds to his readers.
Bright lights, big pity
Heather Havrilesky
The low-rated but brilliant drama "Friday Night Lights" needs a Hail Mary pass from NBC if it's going to see a second season.
David Brooks takes on hipster parents
Page Rockwell
The columnist tells "those Park Slope alternative Stepford Moms" where to get off.
Spanking mad
Eilene Zimmerman
A California bill could make spanking a crime. But when did a swat on the bum become child abuse? And how far should the government go in telling parents how to raise their children?
Fostering fatherhood or marriage?
Tracy Clark-Flory
Bush's fatherhood initiatives may neglect nontraditional dads.
What else we’re reading
Tracy Clark-Flory
A philosophical defense of the Pussycat Dolls. Also, parents to blame for anorexia?
Embracing a “culture of life”
Tracy Clark-Flory
The anniversary of Roe v. Wade is a reminder of lawmakers' failure to support pregnancy and parenthood.
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