Sleep training—by which I mean Ferberizing or cry-it-out or various other tough-love techniques—is, to me, in a class with deep-fried chicken nuggets. It’s easy to say “For my kid? Never.” And then, at a certain point, when he’s howling and you’re exhausted, it’s incredibly tempting to just give in. Well, we’re not. As our boy …
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There was a moment on last night’s season premiere of Lost that was particularly amusing to me. In the new, alternate universe that the Losties’ H-bomb detonation appears to have created, Jack Shephard et al. land safely in LAX and begin to go about their lives. But as he’s waiting for his luggage to arrive, …
The other night, my wife, Jean, stood at the entrance to our bedroom with an unhappy look on her face—unhappy, but also helpless. From behind the nearly closed door to our daughter Sasha’s room came an unearthly wail, the sound of a 14-month-old baby who absolutely did not want to be in bed. Of course, …
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Turns out your uncle Mort—you remember him; he’s the one who spends most of Thanksgiving in his recliner, looking and sounding like an elephant seal—is a trendsetter! In the U.S. and especially Britain, the incidence of gynecomastia, or enlarged male breasts, is on the rise. In the U.K., male breast reduction is the second-fastest-growing category …
