In sixth grade I had a best friend who called her parents by their first names. I thought that was very cool and tried it at home, but my father and mother just laughed before they made one thing perfectly clear: They were not my friends, and therefore not to be addressed as such.That was […]
Month: June 2012
According to recent academic research, depending on your parents for life’s necessities past the time when you were expected to provide them for yourselves isn’t as soul-destroying as it might have felt to them when they were your age. In fact, it’s brought you closer — a lot closer. I’m not quarreling with the data. I’m […]
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Permanent Parenthood Redux
With births to unmarried women continuing to rise — 4 out of 10 in 2009, a two-decade increase of — it’s clear that the real threat to the sanctity of marriage isn’t coming from gay couples wanting to marry. A close look at the data reveals thechanging demographics of single motherhood; while unmarried teen pregnancy decreased […]