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Cartoons of the Week
May 19–25, 2012
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Historic TIME Letters
Children
Lenore Skenazy, an advocate of “free-range parenting” is proclaiming Saturday a self-declared international holiday: “Take Our Children to the Park…And Leave Them There Day.”
Our children will always know whether they have our full attention. It’s time for parents to break the phone habit before it’s too late
Answer these 10 simple questions to see where you fall on the parenting spectrum
A new book by Elisabeth Badinter argues that “natural” motherhood is enslaving women. But breasts aren’t to blame
Why Sears’ warning about the dangers of excessive crying takes liberties with the scientific research
Once you get sucked in, it’s hard to back out
Differences in parenting styles have more to do with personal history than any objective scientific “fact”
How fathers can contribute by just chilling out
Dr. Sears has gained a loyal following among moms who parent in the extreme. But his personal life informs his philosophy as much as his professional expertise
Erica Kain was committed to raising her children by the principles of attachment parenting. But she learned that it wasn’t as easy as it seemed
Stuart Chaifetz’s video shows how abusive teachers victimize the vulnerable and the voiceless
Racism and sexism are understood as ideological prejudices. Why don’t we have a similar understanding of the root of child abuse?
His disappearance 33 years ago had a profound impact on American life, but the number of cases of child abductions has remained stable, and exceptionally rare
The fact that so much anger erupts at any perceived slight tells us many women are not truly choosing to be home with the kids
New research offers hope, but scientists still have their work cut out for them
