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Mother for hire
Debra Ollivier
I wanted Marta to love my children like her own. But to see the growing bond between them was to experience the silent confirmation that my role as mother had potentially been usurped.
Reaching for the stars
Dan Glaister
As the prosecution nears the end of its case, a string of celebrities is lined up to speak in Michael Jackson's defense.
Letters
Salon Staff
"When did we become so enthralled with the neuroses of upper-middle-class, white, stay-at-home mothers?" Readers respond to Noelle Howey's essay about overly anxious parents.
Zen mama
Noelle Howey
Judith Warner is making me wonder: Am I stressed out enough to be a good mother?
Growing up too fat
Katharine Mieszkowski
Twenty percent of American children are overweight. An expert offers advice on how to talk to your kids about their weight, why diets don't work and what society needs to do.
The Fix
Salon Staff
"Apprentice" contestant arrested. Jackson's mom pissed about bathroom break. Jenna tape lost.
Lady Jane
Rebecca Traister
Actress, activist, sex kitten, entrepreneur, Christian, mogul's wife, lightning rod, for almost 70 years Jane Fonda has lived out the history of American women.
Should I be better friends with my ex-husband?
Cary Tennis
After six years there's still a lot of tension.
Letters
Salon Staff
"I'm not insensitive to the agonies of mental illness, but I was tremendously disturbed by this display of self-justifying narcissism." Salon readers sound off on Ayelet Waldman's debut column.
My boyfriend’s sons are strangely housebound. Should I worry?
Cary Tennis
My two sons are outgoing and athletic; my boyfriend's sons never leave the house. Isn't that kind of odd?
The whatever culture
Corrie Pikul
A new book says uncaring, punitive adults -- parents and professionals alike -- are responsible for an epidemic of checked-out, drug-taking middle-class teens.
Letters
Salon Staff
Readers debate Judith Warner's book "Perfect Madness" and take issue with her characterization of fathers. Also: Attachment parents defend their philosophy.
Who’s your baby daddy?
Lynn Harris
A Brooklyn author is sponsoring a contest that offers 10 lucky black couples with children free weddings. But is this really going to strengthen the black family?
Mommy madness
Katy Read
The latest buzzy book about motherhood claims that in an effort to orchestrate an ideal upbringing for their children, women are messing up their marriages, spoiling their kids, and losing their minds.
Happy housewife
Dan Glaister
Teri Hatcher has not enjoyed the smoothest of careers, but the realization that she'll never be Meg Ryan has its consolations.
Letters
Salon Staff
"I am happy I never spawned." Readers sound off on vasectomies and the reproductive rights of men.
An “Ordinary People” for the “Rushmore” set
Heather Havrilesky
Noah Baumbach, the writer-director of the Sundance-winning "The Squid and the Whale," talks about the perils of joint custody and the odd microcosm of the intellectual family.
The secret history of black people
Corrie Pikul
Law professor and commentator Patricia Williams talks about passing, choosing her adopted son from a racial menu, and the myth of Condoleezza Rice.
He loves me, he loves me not
Rebecca Traister
Women are buying "He's Just Not That Into You" by the truckload to understand their failing relationships. But what if he is into you?
Breed all about it
Lynn Harris
The new niche magazine "Conceive" has a lot of useful information for women struggling to get pregnant. So why did I feel like hiding it on the subway?
The gloom and doom canon
Whitney Joiner
A new book argues that young adult novels are too dark. But should kids be sheltered from the real world?
My dad is threatening to deck my mom — at my wedding!
Cary Tennis
The family's never gotten along, but I want to give my bride the wedding of her dreams.
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