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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.
This woman’s work
Carol Lloyd
Nearly 30 years before Nancy Pelosi credited her children for her political acumen, author Tillie Olsen wrote poignantly about balancing work and family.
Women’s issues
Catherine Price
An online community sponsored by Procter & Gamble lets women share inspirational stories about weight loss and romance.
What else we’ve been reading
Tracy Clark-Flory, Page Rockwell
Health news, abortion-access updates and much, much more as we catch up from our holiday break.
Maternal profiling
Carol Lloyd
Think employers shouldn't be able to ask prospective employees about their marital or familial status? Check your state's employment laws.
“Mom lit” is born
Catherine Price
Oh, great -- another cute category to encompass consumer-driven light reading as well as serious literature by women.
“The Pursuit of Happyness”
Stephanie Zacharek
Will Smith plays a struggling salesman in a picture that's less about "getting" than about "not having."
Choice momism?
Rebecca Traister
A piece about the decision to be a single mother and the sloganeering that accompanies it.
The Fix
Scott Lamb
Drugged-out Nicole Richie arrested for freeway antics. Britney snapped smooching new man. Plus: Paris on Spears' "partying ethics."
The Fix
Scott Lamb
Aniston and Vaughn split. Family services eyeing Britney? Plus: Murphy says Spice baby may not be his.
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