It’s college application season again and I’m doing two alumni interviews this afternoon with high school students who are hoping to get into my alma mater. I just got off the phone with one very nervous-sounding mom. Applying for college is stressful for young adults. And, apparently, that much more stressful for their parents. “You have no idea, Jennifer,” said…
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The Cost of Having a Baby in the United States
It’s expensive to have a baby in America. The cost of having a baby is so expensive, in fact, that millennials feel they can’t afford to get pregnant. There’s a new report, published today, from Truhaven Health Analytics that breaks down the costs of having a baby in the United States. From the forward: One of the greatest opportunities for…
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The Best and Worst of 2012
2012 ends tonight. The end of the year is always a good time to reflect on the good, the bad, and the in between. Here’s the best of 2012, the worst of 2012, and some of the stuff in between: Best 2012 memory: Surprising my uncle on College Avenue in Oakland while he was shopping for bread for his party….
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What Will You Say to Your Kids About the School Shooting in Newtown Connecticut?
I was picking up some flour to bake a cake for a party tonight when the man in front of me in line shared the news. “There was a terrible school shooting in Connecticut. At an elementary school. I just heard about it. It happened this morning. Twenty-seven people are reported dead, 18 of them are children.” “An elementary school?”…
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I Suck at Exercising
I have a feature on the cover of—wait a sec, let me pop another piece of chocolate in my mouth—the Jefferson Monthly, a magazine that goes out to 10,500 readers in the listening area of our local NPR affiliate. The article is about the importance and benefits of exercise. My husband helped me write it. He loves exercising. He stayed…
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To Circumcise or Not to Circumcise?
To circumcise or not to circumcise? Any mom in America who is expecting a boy faces a question that seems absurd in almost every other part of the developed world: Should she and her partner authorize a doctor to cut off a (rather alarmingly large) part of her newborn’s penis for religious, medical, or cultural reasons? The American Academy of…
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