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Topic: Are We There Yet

Little girl placing ballot in a drop box for absentee voting (Getty Images/Cavan Images)

Are children oppressed in America?

Paper people chain, law books and judge's gavel (Getty Images/YGolub)

How to fix foster care

Little girl holding a Disney Princess doll (Dick Loek/Toronto Star via Getty Images)

What Disney Princess Culture does to us

High school student asleep in class (Getty Images/Image Source)

The teen sleep crisis

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A young woman sits at her desk and takes notes. She has her head in her hand in concentration. (Getty Images/FatCamera)

High schoolers' extreme college anxiety

Sad faces on sticky notes with one happy one (Getty Images / mikroman6)

Is the pursuit of joy causing misery?

Young couple and son washing the dishes in the kitchen (Getty Images/Giselleflissak)

How to divvy up childcare equally

Little Sad Boy Kid Student In Protective Face Mask Looking Out Of School Yellow Bus Window (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images/Anna Kraynova/EyeEm)

What kids wish adults knew about school

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Are We There Yet: Perfectionist Kids and Parenting (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

The perils of wanting a "perfect" kid

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"Good enough" parents avoid these acts

Gail Cornwall, Juli Fraga

Mother suffers from headache because of noise of little children (Getty Images)

"Perfect" parenting is a trap

Teacher and students chopping vegetables in cooking class (Getty Images)

Home Ec's radical/regressive history

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Preparing pencils (Peter Dazeley/Getty Images)

What women know about perfectionism

Woman with Child on Leash (Getty Images)

Raising children without autonomy

Stressed out mother sipping on a cup of coffee on her messy bed while her three daughters are playing around her (Getty Images)

Moms deserve good sex!

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