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Extreme Parenting Made Simple

Juliet Linley | Posted 05.14.2012

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Juliet Linley

What most people seem to ignore is that creating an attachment bond with your baby is about putting your child's needs ahead of yours. It's as simple as that. Seriously.

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How Reconciling Fathering With Feminism Just Got More Complicated

Andrea Doucet, Ph.D. | Posted 11.17.2011

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Andrea Doucet, Ph.D.

The fit between feminism and fathering has become a taken-for-granted part of my work and my life. But I was recently forced to rethink this combination as I followed a debate between men's rights activists (MRAs) and their critics.

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Riding the Roller Coaster of Pregnancy and Early Parenting

Cassandra Vieten | Posted 11.17.2011

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Cassandra Vieten

But mindfulness is more than just a skill, it is also an approach to life, an approach to parenting, that is already something you know how to do.

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Waiting For A Miracle: My Son's Battle With CRPS

Jim Moret | Posted 11.17.2011

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Jim Moret

A friend recently told me that a parent is only as happy as their least happy child. Imagine when that child is chronically ill.

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Are You the 'Favorite Parent' in Your Household?

Dr. Ellen Libby | Posted 11.17.2011

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Dr. Ellen Libby

The parent who children prefer may vary by the moment or by a time of life, or be fixed to one parent for most of a lifetime.

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Licensing to Love for Parents and Wannabes

Dr. Cara Barker | Posted 11.17.2011

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Dr. Cara Barker

Help me understand. You and I need to earn a license to drive our cars, right? We need a license to marry. You need a license to operate a restaura...

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The Male Brain: More Complex Than You Think

TIME | Posted 11.17.2011

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Differences in the way our brains are built shed light on everything from the way we flirt, to the way we fight, to how we raise our boys, argues neur...

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Should Children Have A Right to Die?

Jacob M. Appel | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jacob M. Appel

Pediatric aid-in-dying is coming out of the medical closet. In an era of parental rights and child welfare, maybe we are finally ready to grant suffering minors the right to die.

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