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Showing no empathy

Showing no empathy

Family |  Some have argued that since the 1960s, baby boomers have destroyed every cultural institution in America they have touched: marriage, family, public…

No kids allowed?

No kids allowed?

Family |  Thinking of heading out with your little ones for a movie or a nice dinner? You may want to call ahead first. A Yahoo Shine! article (which garnered an…

Figuring out kids

Figuring out kids

Family |  I write on politics. I have undergraduate and graduate degrees from esteemed universities and eight years of teaching experience…

More than just a game

More than just a game

Family |  Intellectually, I understand the Supreme Court's 7-2 decision that the First Amendment protects the most violent of video games. Experientially, I don't. It's…

An overlooked Palin email

An overlooked Palin email

Family |  Despite their best efforts, members of the media failed to find a smoking gun after poring over thousands of Sarah Palin's emails. In fact, the only email of…

Being TOO good a parent?

Being TOO good a parent?

Family |  Several experts interviewed by The Atlantic say, yes, it is possible to be too good of a parent. And this "too good" parenting is apparently driving 20- and…

The key to happiness?

The key to happiness?

Family |  Two months ago, The Telegraph of London announced the results of a survey that claimed the key to a happy home life is having precisely two daughters, with…

The parenting X Factor

Family |  Last week I took my three daughters and a young friend of ours to Dallas to audition for The X Factor , Simon Cowell's new singing competition whose winner will…

Sorting things out

Sorting things out

Family |  Sorting socks is not a task I enjoy very much and the pile-o-mismatched socks that sits in the corner of my room proves it. Yesterday was the big match day…

Raising a genderless baby

Raising a genderless baby

Family |  Kathy Witterick and her husband, David Stocker, are the happy parents of a 4-month-old baby named Storm. But only they, their two older sons, one family…

Good-bye Girl Scouts

Family |  Earlier this month, two sisters who were longtime Girl Scouts, launched a website not only to explain their departure from the organization, but to be sure…

Mom vs. Jesus

Mom vs. Jesus

Family |  Mother's Day XVII dawned late for my family due to having a houseful of people over the night before celebrating a birthday. It was OK, really, in fact a…

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