Oh, right, here’s why I’m not supposed to be going out while my toddler’s asleep in her crib—because her crib could kill her! The government outlawed drop-side cribs on Wednesday after the deaths of more than 30 infants and toddlers in the past decade and millions of recalls. It was a unanimous vote by the …
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Neglecting Your Child: Form and Technique
Last Wednesday, Jean and I ran into a little problem. That night, I had a long-scheduled dinner date with an editor in midtown—Totto Ramen, at last!—and had even arranged to meet the editor there at 9 p.m., just so Jean would have plenty of time to come home from work. Alas, lately Jean’s had to …
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The Tantrum, Part 2: Should you pull your kid out of school for vacation?
(This is the Tantrum, in which Dadwagon’s writers debate one question over the course of a week. For previous Tantrums, click here.) Of all the ‘wagoneers, I am the one probably least prepared to answer this vital question, and not just because my daughter, Sasha, is only 2, and has yet to embark upon an …
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Other People Doing Our Job for Us: Gray Lady Edition
So, you were thinking we at Dadwagon were shirking because we’d ignored all the father-son stories floating around the news the past few days? Not quite. We just outsourced the blogging to a minor subsidiary known as the New York Times Motherlode blog, which—after a few prods from here at HQ—got on the case today, …
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