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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.
We spay cats and dogs, why not people?
Salon Staff
Readers respond to Daniel Costello's profile of an organization that provides voluntary paid sterilization services to drug addicts. Plus -- Saddam Hussein and the return of the mustache.
My dilemma
Cary Tennis
Do you think I'm not finding a boyfriend because I'm divorced with four kids or because I'm not looking hard enough?
Letters
Salon Staff
A primer in artificial intelligence: Smart readers respond to John Sundman's "Artificial Stupidity."
Pack of four
Susan Straight
My daughters and I seem impenetrable to outsiders. Maybe that's why I haven't had a date in five years.
No answers, only questions
Salon Staff
A single mother struggles with guilt, sadness and conflicting priorities. Dr. Diller says set limits, show your love -- and don't worry too much.
No way out
Sheerly Avni
After 10 years chronicling the lives of teenagers in the Bronx, Adrian Nicole LeBlanc talks about inner-city hopelessness and the hypocrisy of family-values conservatives who ask poor people to abandon their families.
Uncle Mike’s bedtime stories
Amy Reiter
Jacko: Kids love to sleep with me! Kylie: Get a shrink! Jude Law: Nicole's no home wrecker. Plus: Ethan and Uma, Jacuzzi floozies?
Letters
Salon Staff
Readers respond to John George's article on his daughter's anorexia with a deluge of mail, some supportive, some scathing. Plus: Bimbo TV and Anne Lamott.
My disappearing daughter
John George
I watched my confident teenager head off to college. A few months later, I greeted a fragile, frightened apparition -- 35 pounds thinner than when she'd left. A story of anorexia, guilt and understanding.
Letters
Salon Staff
Readers respond to "Hard Rain" by Anne Lamott and "Through a Glass, Darkly" by Dr. Lynn Ponton.
Through a glass, darkly
Salon Staff
Are our children destined to repeat the worst of us? Don't be so hard on yourselves, Dr. Ponton tells parents. And work toward change with your child.
Letters
Salon Staff
Readers respond to "Parenting, Not Pills" by Dr. Lawrence Diller, and "The Patient or the Portfolio" by Mary Papenfuss. Plus: Welcome back, Anne Lamott.
Parenting, not pills
Salon Staff
A new study casts serious doubt on our all-too-common practice of dosing hyperactive kids with Ritalin. Dr. Lawrence Diller welcomes the news.
Body parts
Amy Reiter
Justin breaks his foot and denies knowledge of his bandmates' privates; George Clooney bares his butt -- twice.
“Love at Goon Park” by Deborah Blum
Suzy Hansen
Psychologist Harry Harlow proved that children need warmth and affection -- but he tormented dozens of monkeys to do it.
Don’t bluff!
Salon Staff
Counting to three as a disciplinary tool is fine, says Dr. Diller, but you have to be ready to act when the counting is over.
Great expectations
Salon Staff
Parents can't overpower nature in defining their children's personalities, says Dr. Lawrence Diller. But they have enormous influence when it comes to behavior.
Magical mystery teens
Dr. Lynn Ponton
The bubbly charmer at 10 turns into a sullen cipher by 14. What's a parent to do? Keep talking, advises Dr. Lynn Ponton. Never stop trying to communicate.
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