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Kind of a Big Deal: Competitive Parenting

Five years ago, I gave birth to a beautiful, brilliant, and most likely Messianic creature that looked, well, a little better than the other babies in the nursery ward. The nurses were professional about it, but I could tell whenever … Continue reading

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The Negligent Mother Files: Installment Three

I’ve had a number of readers ask me whether any of the pictures in this series are at all staged. If by “staged” they mean “permitting chaos through negligence,” then the answer is an emphatic yes. And by “negligence,” I … Continue reading

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The Negligent Mother Files: Installment Two

I know this might give the impression that I spent the last week smoking pot, napping on the couch, and letting our borderline-retarded cats watch the tot. But there’s a method to my madness. I have goals: Goal: Foster Hypertension … Continue reading

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