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The 'Right Instructions'—Giving Thanks
Wendell Berry's novel Hannah Coulter focuses on the life of a simple but wise Kentucky farm mother. She and her husband Nathan have been talking about ...
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The Cost of Raising a Child like Calvin and Hobbes
In a research project undertaken for the Proceedings of the Natural Institute of Science, one PhD candidate surveyed how much it would cost to raise a ...
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Mother Refuses Life Saving Treatments
A young mother in Los Angeles made the ultimate sacrifice for her newborn: she refused lifesaving treatment for her bone cancer. Accepting treatment meant ...
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The New Social Technology: Loss of Solitude
Sherry Turkle, Professor of the Social Studies of Science and Technology at M.I.T., has interviewed hundreds of people of all ages about their daily fixations ...
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Search and Rescue Team: Children Know They Are Lost
In her book, A Field Guide to Getting Lost, Rebecca Solnit tells the story of her friend Sallie who is part of a search-and-rescue team in the Rocky Mountains. ...
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Props for Making Bread Illustrate Parenting
Here's an object lesson that you can use to explain how our children inherit a sinful nature, and how it is activated, tempting them to act on their ...
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The Indestructible Soccer Ball that is Revolutionizing Play
There's nothing easy about growing up in one of the many countries in the world that are suffering from poverty or impacted by violence. And for kids ...
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The Parents We Want to Be vs. the Parents We Are
The Atlantic reported on a study titled "The Children We Mean to Raise: The Real Messages Adults are Sending About Values." The authors of the ...
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Dad Sees People Need His 'Special Needs' Son
Greg Lucas writes about taking his special-needs son, Jake, to his annual dentist appointment. After a particularly challenging visit, Jake was afraid ...
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Son Carries Father Wound After Parent's Divorce
In his memoir, Greg Bellow, the son of the famous 20th century American novelist Saul Bellow, writes movingly about his relationship with his father. ...
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