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  1. Fertility Treatments: For Convenience?

    Posted on July 2, 2008 by Kathy McManus Comments (17)

    Motherhood—achieving it and surviving it—is a perennially popular topic of blog discussions. But rarely does one comment continue to draw responses years after first being posted, like the following one has from a woman who wanted to undergo IVF fertility treatments as a matter of convenience. Read full article »

  2. Needling Questions: Immunizing Kids

    Posted on June 30, 2008 by Kathy McManus Comments (117)

    If you choose not to have your child vaccinated against measles, mumps, chicken pox, and other infectious diseases, does your responsibility end there? It is a debate that continues as the trend for not vaccinating children increases. Read full article »

  3. Teen “Pregnancy Pact”:  The Perfect Storm?

    Posted on June 30, 2008 by Kathy McManus Comments (92)

    The shocking news from the small fishing town of Gloucester, Massachusetts spread across the country and around the world: 17 girls from one high school were pregnant, part of a supposed ‘pregnancy pact’ in which the students intentionally set out to become teen mothers, with a vow to raise their babies together. Read full article »

  4. Parenting or Spying:  Who’s Watching The Kids?

    Posted on June 26, 2008 by Kathy McManus Comments (41)

    If you electronically monitor every website your kids view, secretly read all their instant messages, filter their TV viewing, restrict their incoming and outgoing calls, and track their movements by GPS devices lurking in their backpacks and cell phones, are you parenting, or spying? Read full article »

  5. Having a Third Child

    Posted on June 9, 2008 by Kathy McManus Comments (110)

    Pamela Paul wants a third child. Writing in the Washington Post about her desire to have a “sprawling” family like the one she grew up in—“with seven brothers, real and step”—Paul mused about the high cost of raising a child these days: $204,060 according to a new federal estimate. Read full article »

  6. White Lies

    Posted on May 19, 2008 by Kathy McManus Comments (19)

    Do these pants make me look fat? We all tell white lies, but when we do, are we being irresponsible? Read full article »

  7. New Boy

    Posted on May 14, 2008 by Kathy McManus Comments (0)

    We all know the uneasy feeling of being the “new kid”—at school…at work…in a group…in a different city or country. Gradually, in each circumstance, the anxiety begins to fade, a new normal emerges, and life moves along. Read full article »

  8. Fight Club Junior

    Posted on May 12, 2008 by Kathy McManus Comments (98)

    When two dogs are in a cage to fight each other, it’s illegal. When two children are in a cage to fight each other, it’s part of the fastest growing sport in America: “ultimate fighting.” Read full article »

  9. The Nanny Diaries

    Posted on April 7, 2008 by Kathy McManus Comments (52)

    On a hot afternoon in New York City, my friend Miriam was sitting at a grassy public venue, watching her child play alongside other kids in the care of various moms and nannies. A long-time New York resident, Miriam is fully aware of the city’s urban imperative: mind your own business. But she couldn’t help but notice the crying of a nearby baby, approximately nine months old, strapped in his stroller facing the sun, while his nanny ignored him and chatted with another nanny. Read full article »

  10. Attack of the 3rd-Graders?

    Posted on April 4, 2008 by Kathy McManus Comments (132)

    The shocking headlines out of Waycross, Georgia— 3rd-graders plotted to attack teacher, brought knife, handcuffs —lowered the bar on school violence and raised the alarm among parents, teachers, psychologists and just about anyone with an opinion about the country’s future. Read full article »

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