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Home » parenting

Tag: parenting

Posted inColumns & Opinion

On being a single dad, a journalist, and a Black south-sider during the pandemic

by Evan F. Moore May 12, 2020August 18, 2021

It involves juggling my kid’s Zoom-call cameos and a new beat, and checking in on my homies.

Posted inArts & Culture

Dada Woof Papa Hot shows that modern parenthood’s not just for straight people

by Dan Jakes January 25, 2019August 18, 2021

“Isn’t being normal the most radical thing of all?” God no!

Posted inColumns & Opinion

By helping young black fathers, Sheldon Smith has become a ‘hero’

by Derrick Clifton December 28, 2016August 18, 2021

The founder of the Bronzeville-based Dovetail Project is honored by CNN Heroes.

Posted inColumns & Opinion

Without addressing racism, Mayor Emanuel’s violence-prevention plan will fail

by Derrick Clifton September 29, 2016August 18, 2021

Systemic racial prejudice was the single-biggest missing element from Rahm’s “major speech.”

Posted inColumns & Opinion

A scary outbreak of “numerical illiteracy” in the press

by Michael Miner January 28, 2014August 18, 2021

The New York Times‘ numerical errors include breast cancer fatality rates, STD “epidemics” and gifted boys vs. girls.

"Is it possible for a vanilla person to adapt to BDSM?"
Posted inColumns & Opinion

Septuagenarian seeks submissive sex

by Dan Savage November 7, 2013August 19, 2021

Dan on adventuring after marriage—and sex after 70.

Friends with benefits?
Posted inColumns & Opinion

Is my maybe gay kid maybe fooling around with Gomer?

by Dan Savage February 14, 2013August 19, 2021

Advice for a dad whose closeted son may be fooling around behind closed doors, and more.

I scream, you scream, we all scream for sex advice!
Posted inColumns & Opinion

Let the undergrads come

by Dan Savage January 2, 2013August 18, 2021

Dan fields students’ queries on open relationships, bisexuals, and appropriate uses of whipped cream

Posted inBlogs

Never mind the maternal imperative—my years as a stay-at-home dad were my best so far

by Steve Bogira July 11, 2012August 19, 2021

When I became the stay-at-home parent, I worried about whether dads could comfort babies as well as moms can.

Posted inColumns & Opinion

Savage Love: ‘How do you get spanked wrong?’

by Dan Savage June 16, 2011August 19, 2021

Plus: How to please your man when you don’t like anal, a mom is worried about her daughter’s fetish, and more

Posted inBlogs

Five surprises

by Harold Henderson August 30, 2006August 19, 2021

Fantasy, porn, babies, toddlers — not in that order.

Posted inBlogs

Good advice I’ve never gotten

by Harold Henderson August 29, 2006August 19, 2021

What you should have learned in college or from your folks; 46 varieties of male privilege; why it’s so hard for magazines (and blogs) to keep it real; and the imperishable value of mediocrity.

Posted inBlogs

Inferior decoration and bad advice

by Harold Henderson July 27, 2006August 19, 2021

James Lileks is a lot funnier when he’s attacking defenseless ephemera.

Archive Dive Day 26—1996: Writer Tori Marlan tells the heartbreaking story of a mother, having paid her dues, just trying to be a mother again in this November 8, 1996 cover story.
Posted inNews & Politics

Sins of the Mother

by Tori Marlan November 8, 1996September 14, 2021

She survived drugs, prostitution, and prison. Now comes the hard part: getting her kids back.

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