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Will They Still Love Us When We’re 64?

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 […]

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HOW CLOSE TO YOUR GROWN KIDS IS TOO CLOSE?

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 […]