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Same-sex family values
Laura McClure
Toby and Jean Adams moved to Auburn, Calif., to raise their daughter in a close-knit community with good schools. The reaction of their neighbors and fellow churchgoers -- from anger to acceptance to confusion -- mirrors Middle America's evolving attitudes toward gays and gay marriage.
Sinners in the hands of an angry dad
Dave Gilson
The latest product from O'Reilly's factory is, God help us, a self-help book.
Letters
Salon Staff
Don't blame the children for deadbeat, bankrupt parents: Readers respond to Katharine Mieszkowski's "Americans Are Not Going Broke Over Lattes!"
Letters
Salon Staff
Parents of disabled children commiserate with Scot Sea; others thank him for helping them understand a foreign world.
Letters
Salon Staff
"It's the parenting, stupid!" Readers respond to "From G.I. Joe to Tora Bora Ted," by Petra Bartosiewicz.
Sanitized for our protection
Charles Taylor
Teenage movie fans can watch the stars of the execrable "Bad Boys II" leer over a corpse's breasts, but the all-powerful movie ratings board probably won't allow Americans to see the Italian master Bertolucci's new film intact.
Will she be my daughter? An update
Jon Lowry
I'm still in the hands of the court system that will decide the fate of my foster child.
Sports stars, sex and stalkers
Dan McGraw
You are young, rich and chiseled, and life offers sexual opportunities that few can imagine. But increasingly, pro-spor insiders say, the risks are harrowing.
God’s hip language
Steven Kotler
The Kabbalah Centre has turned centuries' worth of impenetrable Jewish mysticism into a self-help fad for Madonna, Winona and 200,000 others.
Letters
Salon Staff
The joy and agony of parenting: Readers respond to "Gods and Monsters" and "Will She Be My Daughter?"
“Keep the wise, wild and courageous columns coming!”
Salon Staff
Readers rush to the defense of Anne Lamott.
The war off drugs
Nell Bernstein
The success of a California measure that offers drug offenders treatment before prison points a way out of the drug-war stalemate.
The neuropsychology of the playground
Fred Branfman
Psychiatrist Dan Siegel explains how understanding the complexities of your own brain chemistry can make you a better parent.
Letters
Salon Staff
"I'm black, and I do hate my nose." Readers respond to stories on plastic surgery for African-Americans and Father's Day cards from juvy.
“What a pile of codswallop!”
Salon Staff
Salon readers on rabid conservatives, randy senior citizens and impoverished 20-somethings.
Abuse and neglect
David Tuller
Domestic violence occurs as often among gay couples as among hetereosexuals, according to a new study, but victims of same-sex battering do not have equal protection under the law.
Parents on the verge of a nervous breakdown
Katy Read
Three new books explain why you're always freaking out about your kids -- and tell you to ignore the experts.
“I love my son, and I hate him”
Salon Staff
To breed or not to breed: A struggling mother and three other readers tell their stories.
Parenting on a dare
Amy Benfer
I had a child at 16 because I wanted to prove the world wrong. I was going to raise an extraordinary daughter and still live my life the way I pleased.
Salon readers explode
Salon Staff
From "Thank you, thank you, thank you!" to "What a bunch of snobbish elitists!" -- here's what they have to say about our first two installments of "To Breed or Not to Breed."
It’s not in our nature to nurture
Cary Tennis
Most people have a powerful wish, a yearning, for children. My wife and I don't.
Mama don’t preach
Amy Reiter
I love my new baby, but don't worry -- I'm not going to tell you to have one. The breeding debate continues.
To breed or not to breed
Michelle Goldberg
Studies show that couples who choose not to have children are happier than those who do. So quit leaning on me to spawn.
The birds and the bees for post-Puritans
Amy Benfer
A sensible, open-minded book for parents who want their kids to have a healthy attitude toward sex -- but not have any.
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