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Parenting
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Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
MTV Documentary Series Addresses Teen Pregnancy and Parenting
Wash. Post: '16 & Pregnant' Deftly Plumbs The Parent Trap, by Tom Shales:Although they tend to be scheduled erratically and under-publicized,the documentaries that pop up on MTV are often respectable,…
Marler Blog
This Post is for Dads – Like Barack Obama and Tom Vilsack
So, I know how (imagine how) the President spent his day – security briefings and then trying to fix the banking, health care, automobile, employment and environment messes. Other Dads? …
The Right Coast
Raising little libertarians Tom Smith
Questions here about how to make sure your kids don't become little Marxists. FWIW the following seems to have worked well (maybe too well) for me. I have only boys,…
Pennsylvania Family Law
High Conflict Custody Cases – “Get Some Credit in the Bank”
My client calls me and says "I can't get him to agree to anything. I feel like if I say 'black', he says 'white', just because. The kids are suffering. …
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Students Experience Simulated Pregnancy and Parenting
Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Playing at pregnancy: Students get parenting lesson, by Aileen Dodd:Other students whispered and stared as Dacula High School seniorLindsay Holbrook waddled down the hall with a round belly…
The Right Coast
Spanking and PoliticsMike Rappaport
A new study suggests, perhaps spuriously, that spanking children produces various sexual problems later in life. The contrarian Andrew Sullivan defends those "problems" and points out another benefit of spanking:Personally,…
D.C. Medical Malpractice Blog
Parenting Tips For A Healthier and Safer New Year
The beginning of a new year is a time in which many people reflect on changes they need or want to make in their lives. This year, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) hopes you'll…
The Right Coast
The Dangerous Book for Boys Tom Smith
This is just to let you know, no big surprise here, that the Dangerous Book for Boys is officially approved by the Smith household. Bought it, gave it to the…
Legal Profession Blog
Grading Procrastination, Part VII: A Birthday Contemplation
Posted by Jeff LipshawOne of the really interesting things about having a second career is listening to young parents who are my professional contemporaries, like Christine Hurt, mull issues in…
Family Law Prof Blog
Father’s Journal to Son
By Family Law
"He drew pictures of himself with angel wings. He left a set of his dog tags on a nightstand in my Manhattan apartment. He bought a tiny blue sweat suit…