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Parenting
The library, Its Needles, Shards, and Empty Benches
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Contracting the Womb’s Real Estate
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Drinking Agua ‘e Panela en el Páramo and Swimming with Seals in Poipu
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Spanking The Elderly Into Better Behavior
Corporal abuse as a universal and compassionate law Photo by Daniel K Cheung on Unsplash It is not...
I Chemically Straightened My Hair Because My Family Was Ashamed
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That’s My Daughter’s Leg in the Water
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Ketchup and Boogers for Lunch
Parenting and the ever-elusive art of non-meddling Photo by Fernando Andrade on Unsplash My wife,...
The Auschwitz Dad Primer for Parenting
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The Hunger Games of Parenting
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Silly Rabbit, Trinkets Don’t Replace Hugs
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The Struggles of Teaching Your Kids a Second Language
Solving the conundrum of existence with Spanish, bad words, and Catholic guilt One of Descartes’...
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