Archive for 'General'
Join a Discussion on Moms, Be in a Book
Posted on25. Mar, 2009 by Brian Reid.
There aren’t that many academics who have taken a hard look at how men parent, but Andrea Doucet at Ottawa’s Carleton University is one of them. She published one of the most in-depth looks at parenting styles of men, called Do Men Mother and she’s working on a new one tentatively called Bread and Roses, [...]
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It's a Good Time to Be a Urologist
Posted on24. Mar, 2009 by Brian Reid.
Thanks to Jason, I’m now well-informed about the current state of the vasectomy business, which is apparently booming due to the threat of disappearing health benefits for the soon-to-be-unemployed as well as the fact that cutting an additional private-school tuition check is way harder when the Dow is in the tank. But you don’t need [...]
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A New York State of Mind
Posted on24. Mar, 2009 by Brian Reid.
One of the biggest puzzles of the at-home dad community was that there wasn’t any in New York City. For the longest time — despite the fact that the place is overrun with them (I’ve been to Park Slope. I’ve seen it with my own eyes) — I’ve looked for formal dad groups in the [...]