ANNAPOLIS, MD—Seeing that her child was upset with her and hoping to provide some reassurance, loving mother Laurie Batts reportedly sat down Tuesday with her daughter Caroline to let her know that the only thing she wanted was for the girl to be different in every way possible. “Honey, I know sometimes it can feel…
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Working parents will benefit enormously from an affordable, quality place to send their kids.
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I bumbled my way through motherhood. Thankfully, my older sister was two babies into the adventure before our first little miracle arrived. She enlightened me on a few unsubstantiated but apparently common knowledge basics such as, “You don’t have to boil that pacifier before putting it back in his mouth.” “I don’t? Then what I […]
A first-person account of why changes need to be made to prevent molesters from retaining their medical licenses.
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I grew up going to church and learning about God. Maybe partly because of that, I spent years taking Christianity for granted. I pursued a comfortable faith. Pleasant enough, but not particularly bold or especially memorable.
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New research on how chimp mothers pass on their style of socializing to their children highlights the importance of females (humans, too) in transmitting culture.
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