The daily Google News summary of fatherly doings is typically full of death and misery—a machete murder, a snowmobile accident, Marky Mark producing a fourth child—but at least one tidbit today is topical and, with a bit of imagination, inspiring. In Port-au-Prince, Haiti, a New Zealand girl was found alive underneath the dead body of …
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Okay, let’s be honest—I’m going bald and I’m none too happy about it. I mean, what kind of sick fucking cosmic joke would cover my entire body with hair but not my head? What exactly did I do to deserve that? Is it some sort of punishment for being Jewish? Perhaps that’s why I reacted …
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I’ve talked before about babyproofing our apartment, but as we work our way around the place, bolting things down and tying up power cords, I’ve come to realize that a couple of things simply can’t be done. That floor lamp that’s a little top-heavy? We’re just going to have to keep him away from it. …
1. At what age might a child start to be traumatized by watching its parents have sex? 2. Did the implications of that question traumatize you as well?
