This past weekend I was faced with an unanswerable question from Theodore’s almost-4-year-old son, JP. Why, he asked me, are you an adult? How do you respond to such a question? How do you tell the truth in a way that a preschooler will understand—and that actually feels true to you as well? “I’m an …
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What Exactly Is the NYT Mag Saying About ‘Baby Morality’?
This weekend’s New York Times Magazine has a big feature that all of us who care about how kids think and learn should be reading. It’s called “The Moral Life of Babies,” and it’s about how babies become “civilized beings.” At least, I think that’s what it’s about. Honestly, it’s pretty hard to tell. Let’s …
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Just in Time for Mother’s Day: It’s All Mom’s Fault!
This year, give the mother of your children a special gift—the gift of blame. Yes, how she treats the kids may (or may not!) screw them up for life. That’s according to the results coming out of USA Today Laboratories: With Mother’s Day around the corner, new research is shedding some light on what happens …
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‘Babies’ is a movie. But is it as good as ‘Iron Man 2’?
We here at DadWagon won’t know the answer to that until after this weekend, when the documentary about four LOs from across the planet actually opens. That’s assuming we can all get sitters, of course. But in the meantime, there are reviews! Such as this one in the Village Voice: Babies offers little in the …
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