It’s always pretty easy to make fun of the Times’ “Modern Love” column, but I have to say I really liked Sunday’s edition, in which a Brooklyn guy—Larry Smith—details the weekly visits he makes to visit his fiancée at the Connecticut prison where she’s doing time for money-laundering. Along the way he meets other husbands …
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Nathan’s fine post detailing the scourge of anti-male discriminatory practices in our public school system (that’s a fair characterization, no?) made me think of some of the experiences I have been having with my son. Now, before I get too far into this, I want to make it clear–I don’t subscribe to a Real Boys …
So the circus is in town. Clowns spilling out of tiny cars! Death-defying acts! Stilt-walkers! Lions and elephants! Yay! We’ll be bringing our little guy the moment he’s old enough! An icon of Americana! Or, no. Call me a grouch, call me a killjoy, but I hate it. I hated it even as a little …
I’m always a sucker for pseudo-scientific theories about how babies think, so when something actually scientific comes along I get extremely excited. This one comes from my friend Jeff Wise, author of “Extreme Fear,” who observes that his 16-month-old son, Rem, “seems to grasp the purpose of objects more easily than the details of how …
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