From a Dad: Three Cool Things and One Warning for Raising Babies

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The first time your baby signs “more” during a meal, you will flip out.

On Katha Pollitt’s Attack On Men, Women and Attachment Parenting

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Mark Greene is fed up with the binary generalizations that run rampant in articles like Ms. Pollitt’s.

On Attachment Parenting

Katha Pollitt says some cool shit on attachment parenting: And only tangentially are child-raising fads about fathers; men are more “involved” now than 50 years ago, but you won’t catch them beating themselves or one another up over not making organic baby food from scratch. Indeed, Time’s attachment-parenting package includes a humorous “Detached Dad’s Manifesto,” [...]

An Intimate Conversation, Part Two

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The second half of the Sexless Father’s frank and open conversation about intimacy.

An Intimate Conversation, Part One

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The Sexless Father wanted to really capture his intensely personal conversation with his wife, without distorting the message. So they recorded it.

There Is No Sterility Parenting

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Every day since Ryan W. Bradley became a father, he has worked at embracing the messiness of life.

On Fathers and Attachment Parenting

I like this Annie Urban lady. There was an entire New York Times discussion about “motherhood versus feminism” (cringe) which is actually about attachment parenting versus feminism. The people have positions from the sensible (hey, maybe we should stop freaking out) to the ridiculous (fuck you too lady). However, of them all, Annie Urban was [...]

Kids’ Menu

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Chuck Ross encourages parents in restaurants to practice dictatorial hegemony. (Has he mentioned that he’s a waiter?)

Are You Dad Enough?

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Why attachment parenting is driving some dads to extremes.

A Flood of Pseudo-Events: The 800-Pound Bride and the Time Breastfeeding Cover

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Oliver Lee Bateman tries–and fails–to make sense of some of the “trendingest” topics on the Internet.

Screw You, Time Magazine Breastfeeding Cover! Detachment Parenting

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Jamie Reidy shares a hilarious essay on the opposite of “attachment parenting” by Sarah Maizes.

Breast Intentions: “Time” Cover Mom Ruins Son’s Life

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Jamie Reidy criticizes Jamie Lynn Grumet, the mom on this week’s cover of Time with her 3-year old son’s mouth clamped on her nipple.