Month: November 2012

Contradictions

MURPHY: Rojas believes that more than men, women need and want the security of marriage and children; and that by pursuing the same career paths as men, they’re actually hurting their prospects for the future. This is what he says…

Kramer.com vs. Kramer.com

By PAMELA PAUL Published: November 23, 2012 New York Times MOST divorced couples would probably prefer not to see each other. Ever again. But when you share custody of your children, you have to assume a certain amount of face-to-face time…

The Lunchbox

I saw these lunch boxes at the Brooklyn Children’s museum recently. It took me back to when I was a kid. Do you remember any of these? Do you still have one tucked away somewhere?   [slideshow]

My kids

[slideshow]   I stopped them at the door before we were leaving today while they were putting on their shoes and said, “I want you guys to LISTEN to me!!!” They were a bit scared and though I was going…

The Cost of Delaying Marriage

by Danielle Crittenden From What Our Mothers Didn’t Tell Us: Why Happiness Eludes the Modern Woman by Danielle Crittenden. © 1999 by Danielle Crittenden. Published by Simon and Schuster.  Our grandmothers, we are told, took husbands the way we might choose our first…

How Prisoners Make Us Look Good

“Over 80 percent of black children have been abandoned emotionally and, usually, economically by their fathers,” he continued. “It is not the case that black children are deprived of paternal emotional and economic support because their fathers are in prison;…

FREE TO BE

  In her book Delusions of Gender, psychologist Cordelia Fine notes how early this all begins. In preschool, she says, children become “gender detectives,” because they are organized by gender and referred to by gender constantly. “Everything around the child,” Fine…

Divorce Game

Here is some unsolicited advice to people going through a divorce. Listen to some comedy. When you are grieving and having a rough time, comic releif will help tremendously. It certainly helped me during my battle with my ex. Here…

The rich are taxed enough

How do we fix the economy? The U.S. government’s budget deficit is nearing a trillion dollars for the fourth straight year and unemployment remains high. With the Bush-era tax cuts that are set to expire at the end of 2012,…