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My Mother Told Me I Was Fat, and It Was the Best Decision Ever
A candid talk about my weight helped make it less taboo
Don’t Tell Amy Chua: Mexicans Are the Most Successful Immigrants
A study of Los Angeles immigrants finds that when we measure success as progress from generation to generation, Mexican-Americans come out ahead.
Millennials: Trust No One But Twitter
A generation that’s lost faith in institutions puts itself in the hands of social media
Millennials in Love: Why They’re Not So Different From Their Parents After All
Technology might be rewriting the rules of dating, but the game itself is a very old pursuit
5 Myths About Stay-At-Home Dads
The bottom line is that we’re just as good as mothers
The Millennials Are All Right
Whether this is or isn’t a generation of narcissists, it’s hardly the first to be shaped by media
In Defense of Having an Only Child: Yes, I Am That Selfish
If I had thought that all the presumptive questioning would stop once I was legally hitched and had popped out one kid, I was wrong.
Premature Perfection: Why an Early Delivery Is Just as Good As Any
My son’s birth was far from the dreamy notion I had had in mind, but there was nothing wrong about it
School Volunteering and Parental Pressure: One Mom’s Unapologetic No
Learning to resist the unhealthy pressure to volunteer for every possible activity in a child’s school
The Impossibility of The Good Black Mother
From the pediatrician’s office to the streets I call my own, it is not the myth of the Good Mother, but that of the Bad Black Mother, that renders my motherhood at turns invisible and suspect
Why I Let My Daughter Get a ‘Useless’ College Degree
A new study from the Federal Reserve offers more evidence that my humanities-loving child will graduate with lots of debt and not so many job offers. And I’m O.K. with that.
How to Survive the Holidays with Your Adolescent
Dispelling a few common myths could greatly improve parent-teen relationships