Subject: On Parenting: I take my kids to the playground so they'll entertain themselves. It's not working.
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Date: Fri, 13 May 2016 12:01:05 -0400

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ON PARENTING

I TAKE MY KIDS TO THE PLAYGROUND SO THEY&#8217;LL ENTERTAIN THEMSELVES. IT&#8217;S NOT WORKING.
Grown-up days are busy too, and sometimes Daddy needs to just sit here and stare at the mulch for 10 minutes.
By Jeff Vrabel
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5 GREAT PARENTING LESSONS FROM PRESIDENTIAL DADS
While scholars have repeatedly pored over the leadership lessons from America’s greatest presidents, they have had comparatively little to say about the wisdom of America’s greatest presidential fathers.
By Joshua Kendall
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PARENTING A SON WHO IS BLACK, AND NOW DISABLED
It used to be I taught my black son how to act so he wouldn't be targeted. Now that he's in a wheelchair, it's even more complicated.
By Sandra Joy Stein
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THE SEARCH FOR POST-BABY IDENTITY
If I had spent 10 years focusing my attention on creating a family, might I be in for 10 more years of recreating myself?
By Samantha Shanley
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WHY THE SUBURBS ARE ALL WRONG FOR MY KIDS
The suburbs promised us a life of convenience. Now all I can feel is what's missing. 
By Erin Mantz
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MOTHER TONGUE AND MY DAUGHTERS&#8217; SPANGLISH
As a scholar and language educator, the irony of struggling to teach my children my native language, when teaching others comes easily, strikes me as tragicomic. 
By Lara N. Dotson-Renta
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