Apparently, a two week old baby with my son’s syndrome was put up for adoption. Our syndrome society put a message on Facebook asking if anyone was interested in adopting. There were several enthusiastic yeses from parents who already have… Continue Reading
Some days ago, I was at a playground with my two eldest boys. A little girl the age of my eldest (4 1/2) came over and chatted up my kids. My middle son, who was in his wheelchair, smiled and… Continue Reading
My only question upon reading of this question from one Monica Crowley was: if she’s a lesbian, why would she have been taking birth control?
George Packer has a short piece up about gender-reveal parties. If you, like I, had never heard of such a thing as a gender-reveal party, it is this. Parents-to-be get their 20 week sonogram, and elect not to hear the… Continue Reading
Before I begin, let me make clear that I don’t judge you for getting divorced. I don’t know what your relationship was like, and I don’t know how it was for you to live with each other. While broadly speaking… Continue Reading
Help my family with our dinner ideas. Every since Pregnancy III: The Waddling, I have been really grossed out by chipotle and large doses of cumin. Which is a damn shame, especially since my husband loves chili on rainy nights.… Continue Reading
Children are marginal cases. Talking about ethics in terms of autonomy, or rights — Kantian ethics — famously leaves children, especially very young children, in an odd place. I have addressed this elsewhere in a couple of specific applied issues. In this… Continue Reading
Rose’s latest post got me thinking about the culture of medicine, and how it may have changed as the result of more women entering the field. Though I am not a woman myself (as my gravatar can attest, though perhaps… Continue Reading
Nona Willis Aronowitz pulls a few data points from this Pew Research study for discussion. The data points she focuses on are as follows:
I have discovered that discussing circumcision makes people possibly more insane than discussing abortion. Also that the posts in which I’m probably the least invested start the biggest brou-ha-has. Mad Men is kind of falling apart. Fat Betty? But I… Continue Reading