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Endless summer
Sarah Karnasiewicz
Unschooling is a radical branch of home-schooling where kids control what and when they learn -- free of teachers, schedules and tests. Unschoolers say it's intellectually empowering. Critics call it irresponsible.
I Like to Watch
Heather Havrilesky
Pretty Gene, Twiggy and others star with Tyra Banks in "What were they smoking?" television. But we're higher than ever on "Weeds."
Mind your own kids
Ayelet Waldman
Sanctimonious parents, who preach "breast is best" and tell you that sleep training is cruel and unusual punishment, should keep their ideology to themselves.
The Fix
Salon Staff
Is Crowe trying to pay off accuser? Paris dumps Tink. Plus: Judith Miller's guests.
Scene Stealer
Lori Leibovich
After making Claire Fisher the most achingly realistic young woman on TV, we can't wait to see what Lauren Ambrose does next.
Big Mother is watching
Sarah Karnasiewicz
Alarmed by screaming headlines about abducted and abused children, more and more parents are using technology to keep tabs on their kids. But are satellite-linked stuffed animals and I.D.-encoded clothing a sign of parental responsibility -- or paranoia?
The television will be revolutionized
Farhad Manjoo
Al Gore promises that Current TV will be as interactive and democratic as the Internet. But already his restless young audience is wondering whether the network will be another rerun.
Trying to control the controller
Katy Read
As a parent, I'm supposed to take a stand on video games. But how can I tell how they'll affect my kids if I don't even know how to turn on the PS2?
Letters
Salon Staff
"True feminists can change their own damn light bulbs." Readers respond to Ayelet Waldman's column about the division of domestic labor.
A woman needs a repairman
Ayelet Waldman
I still want my husband to change the light bulbs and fix the leaky faucets. Maybe I'm not as much of a feminist as I think I am.
Letters
Salon Staff
"Whether Warren is a member of the religious right or not, his desire to help create lasting marriages is not something I can find fault with." Readers respond to Rebecca Traister's article about the founder of eHarmony.
Letters
Salon Staff
"Isn't it Ms. Waldman's responsibility not just to protect her kids from getting bullied, but also to keep them from becoming bullies themselves?" Readers respond to Ayelet Waldman's column about the pain and politics of gym class.
Letters
Salon Staff
"Biting is clearly harmful behavior, but when did it become the ultimate badge of poor parenting?" Readers defend Neal Pollack and his essay about his young son.
Letters
Salon Staff
"Elijah needs a spanking, and quite frankly so do his parents." Legions of readers respond to Neal Pollack's essay about his son's expulsion from preschool.
Plastic’s harmful side effects
Ian Sample
Chemicals in common household products disrupt the development of reproductive organs in unborn baby boys, scientists report.
Friend fatale
Rebecca Traister
Whether it happens in a blowout battle or years of sniping comments, the ends of our girl friendships make us feel more alone, guilty and bereft than the ends of our greatest romances.
I’m a Buddhist but my therapist is a Christian
Cary Tennis
I like her but the God talk seems to come out of left field.
Mothers who still think
Lori Leibovich
Camille Peri and Kate Moses discuss their new essay collection, the perils of parenting manuals and what's funny about cancer.
Beyond the Multiplex
Andrew O'Hehir
The most amazing film I've seen in a while -- you must immediately try to find it. Plus: A true tale of bad Hollywood parenting, and an up-close look at kick-ass stuntwomen.
Letters
Salon Staff
"Can you please stop publishing articles about how hard, complex and difficult it is to be a white, upper-middle-class, educated mother?" Salon readers take issue with Debra Ollivier's essay about nannies.
ABC’s selective gospel
Page Rockwell
Though it claims to shun religious ads altogether, the network ran one from a right-wing group, while rejecting one from a progressive church.
The Fix
Salon Staff
Abdul's accuser says she paid for his clothes, haircut. O'Brien tells Dr. Phil he was "out of control." J.Lo for prez?
Nerve-racking numbers
Andrew Leonard
"Freakonomics" author Steven Levitt makes explosive claims -- most notoriously, that an increased abortion rate led to a drop in crime -- but refuses to say what we should do about them.
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