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Letters
Salon Staff
Readers weigh in on parenting during the RNC protests, tampons with sassy sayings and the Bush twins' big debut.
“Mom, what are asses of evil?”
Ellen Neuborne
Protesters have taken over my Manhattan neighborhood. But how do I explain their signs -- let alone the dismal state of the world -- to my 9-year-old son?
Babymaking
Amie Klempnauer
Jane and I spent 10 years discussing whether to have a child. Like many straight couples, we finally decided to leave it to the fates. But in our case the fates held a speculum, a catheter and a vial of sperm.
He does the dumbest things!
Cary Tennis
I thought my husband was stupid, but he's just got attention deficit disorder.
Beyond Harvard and the SATs
Katy Read
In "Seeing Past Z," Beth Kephart argues that ambitious parents are smothering their kids' creativity with lessons, activities and schedules.
Gavin Newsom’s mean streets
Joan Walsh
San Francisco's mayor hit the national stage when he allowed 4,000 gay couples to wed. But he wishes the world would pay more attention to his new crusade: Reducing crime and despair in the city's poorest neighborhoods.
I Like to Watch
Heather Havrilesky
The summer season is a barren desert, but thank God for "Doggie Day Care" and the encore of "Show Biz Moms & Dads"; plus "Good Girls Don't ..." goes wrong.
You are who you know: Part 2
Andrew Leonard
Social software pioneers have the Internet biz buzzing again. But their new networks are even more valuable as booster shots for human connection.
Feet forward
Heather Havrilesky
The fourth season of "Six Feet Under" offers
an exquisitely sad, gorgeous picture of the thrills and catastrophes of everyday life.
Trashing the Hallmark card mom
Katy Read
Weary of saccharine stereotypes, a diverse group of women is demanding that society do more than pay lip service to mothers.
The Fix
Salon Staff
Lara Flynn Boyle declares herself "100 percent for Bush," Picasso painting goes missing and Sylvester Stallone offers the world ... pudding.
Is “Barney” destroying my kids’ brains?
Katy Read
A few weeks ago, a study connected TV watching to ADHD. But the findings have been blown way out of proportion.
You surf just like a woman
Katharine Mieszkowski
Marketers held a conference to find out what women do online. The answer: everything except the one crucial thing -- look for cleaning products.
Bring your earplugs to Yellowstone
Amanda Griscom
When the Bush administration greenlighted snowmobiles in the park, it promised technology would keep the noise down. The new "quiet" models tearing around are anything but.
Columbine, five years later
Peter Wilkinson
The kids who survived the worst school massacre in U.S. history have graduated, and some of them have even forgiven. But many of their parents have not.
Right Hook
Mark Follman
Howard Stern declares war on Bush's "religious agenda"; Gary Bauer claims gay sex is deadlier than smoking. Plus: Presidential Prayer Team prays for the CIA to nab Osama.
Letters
Salon Staff
"Therapy is not terrible, autocratic or disempowering." Readers respond to Meredith Maran's account of her addiction to psychotherapy.
Diagnosing Judy Dean
Geraldine Sealey
Parenting through art direction
Christopher Healy
A certain breed of parent is happily buying postmodern rugs, art deco lamps and vintage sports posters for their children. But who are these items really for?
Letters
Salon Staff
"Idiot! Balderdash! Poppycock! Rrrrgh!" Readers get aggressive about Christopher Healy's story on yelling, "psychological aggession" and child rearing.
BECAUSE I SAID SO!!
Christopher Healy
A new study says that yelling at your children -- even if you're trying to protect them -- is "psychological aggression."
Convincing New Hampshire
Josh Benson
Dean's getting his message across to the state's media -- but are voters paying attention?
I don’t
Dan Savage
I'd love to satisfy my mother and annoy Rick Santorum by getting married to my boyfriend. But I care for him -- and our son -- too much to risk it.
Letters
Salon Staff
Readers praise Laurie Wagner's decision to let her kids "go crazy" but tell children's books' author Madonna to keep her day job.
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