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That Is Not an Ear Infection
Why are doctors so quick to prescribe antibiotics to your (wailing) toddler?
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It’s Better To Be Raised by a Single Mom
The kids get that magical quality: grit.
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A Lone Zebra on New Year’s Eve
I don’t care about the holidays. And yet they remind me of how things are supposed to look.
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Why Mostly Men at the Indian Anti-Rape Protests?
Because women protesting might still get ... groped.
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The Worst Cads of 2012
From the dirtbags (Chris Brown) to the doxxed (Violentacrez), our list of the year’s most accomplished sleazeballs.
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Christmas With My Homeless Aunt
She spoke fluent French. She came with mice in her suitcase.
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The Day I Almost Shot My Father
I was just a kid, I was angry, and there was a gun.
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Why Is My Kid Such a Picky Eater?
Got one of those children who will only eat bagels? It’s probably your fault.
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“I Am With the Uprising of Arab Women”
Despite what you see on TV, Arab men today want equality for their daughters, love in their marriages, and, yes, condoms.
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Ultimate Disney Princess Castle: Your Time is Up
This season’s gender-neutral toys will finally prove that boys and girls aren’t so different after all.
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That Time I Tried To Be Wonder Woman
Is it true that standing with your legs apart, hands on hips, can really change your life?
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The Feminist Fertility Myth
Why do women believe they can delay children for so long?
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The New Temper Tantrum Disorder
Will the new diagnostic manual for psychiatrists go too far in labeling kids dysfunctional?
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Are Mammograms Useless?
A new study claims mammograms overdiagnose breast cancer.
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Loving a Child on the Fringe
There is an element of cowardice in Andrew Solomon’s Far From the Tree: Parents, Children, and the Search for Identity.
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The Associated Press Bans Homophobia
In pursuit of accuracy, the standard-setters get it wrong.
