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A thoughtful exploration of how culture, nature and consciousness intertwine

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Jane Gallagher’s reflective memoir explores one big question: What does it mean to become conscious, both personally and collectively amid shifting beliefs, power structures and ecological awareness?

If you’ve ever found yourself contemplating how much of what you believe comes from the world around you vs. how much comes from within ...Read more

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Lori Borgman: An alarming happening at the grocery store

Parents / Mom's Advice /

I set off the alarm at the grocery store over the weekend. I wasn’t going to mention it, but it’s always best to get ahead of a breaking news story. My story, my spin.

I’ve never set off an alarm before.

I take that back. I set off the smoke alarm in the kitchen about once month, but high heat with cast iron does that. Other than that, ...Read more

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Ex-etiquette: Dealing with different parenting styles

Parents / Family Living /

Q: My ex and I constantly argue about our parenting styles. I'm structured; he's loose. I worry that the differences confuse our kids. He thinks I'm too strict. I think he's too laid back. What is good ex-etiquette?

A: I bet you had similar disagreements when you lived together. One of you gave in or you compromised because the relationship ...Read more

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'We can't just teach abstinence': How advice on bed-sharing with a baby is evolving

Parents / Parenting News /

When Emily Little gave birth to her first child, sleeping together with her baby in bed was a given — despite all the public health messages telling her not to.

"I knew it was something that I wanted to do," said Little, a perinatal health researcher and science communications consultant who has studied cultures around the world that bed-...Read more

A Thanksgiving Turkey to Forget

Parents / Georgia Garvey /

I'll start by making a few things clear:

I love my father, I love cooking and I love Thanksgiving.

And now that the throat-clearing is done, I can move on to the complaining.

Because of all dishes in all the holidays on the calendar, there's nothing like the Thanksgiving turkey for getting under your skin. And last year, it got under mine ...Read more

This Thanksgiving: Thanks for Not Being Chicken, Moms!

Parents / Lenore Skenazy /

I'm thrilled to have cowritten this piece with Esther Wojcicki, author of "How to Raise Successful People." We think that some of the most thankful people in America this year might be the moms you see on Instagram who let their kids do something new on their own -- and that their kids are super thankful too!

This independence-sharing moment ...Read more

 

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