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...relate very much to what she writes [about] the challenge of both these groups of unmarried parenthood. I actually chose not to adopt until I received tenure," she said. "I have trouble imagining how someone at 14 [or] 15 can have that much maturity. You want them to have a chance to grow...
Gilligan said the changing concepts of parenthood in light of employment and other external facts has created a need to "fundamentally reconstruct the idea of a woman" from older preconceptions...
...think we need to merge the Catholic Church and Planned Parenthood," Tingle said. "They could be the Planned Catholics of Cambridge."CrimsonDarryl C. LiMOUNTING A CHALLENGE: City Council candidate IAN C. MACKINNON speaks out at debate...
...eminently, how to make the self rich. But being a parent renders self-absorption impossible. Having kids may improve the self, but only incidentally, and the self never feels worse than when it stumbles out of bed for the 4 a.m. feeding. And as boomers are discovering, parenthood tends not to make you rich (unless you spawn the Jackson Five, which probably isn't worth...
...earlier hymns to "simplicity" trademarked a special brand of neo-Puritan party poopery--don't shop for fun, move into a smaller house, throw out all credit cards but one--that nevertheless appealed to people whose lives seemed to move from one hassle to another. And since parenthood is the greatest hassle of all (as well as--obligatory disclaimer--delightful, magical, etc.), the method holds. Some of her tips are obvious: keep a master calendar showing your kids' appointments, stock your car with snacks and paper towels. Others are difficult but doable: "It's unrealistic to feel that...