I sat in our suburban home in Shanghai and read online the excerpt from Amy Chua’s Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother that appeared in the Wall Street Journal. My reaction to it was straightforward: Maybe a little over the top, but, yeah, that’s about right.
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Breast Pumping on Rise As Moms Choose Not to Breast-Feed
When Crystal Byrd’s second child was born, the doctors urged her to place her baby to her breast.
Designer Babies
Until just a few years ago, making a baby boy or a baby girl was pretty much a hit-or-miss affair.
Five-year-old ‘Karate Kid’ earns black belt
Varsha Vinod’s exceptional abilities are hard to spot at first.
‘Horrorcore’ singer suspected in Virginia killings
Elizabeth McCutchen and a friend were walking to book club two weeks ago in quaint Farmville, Virginia, when they strolled by a home on First Avenue.
Army dad, son take on Taliban; mom worries
Marylisa Miller has spent much of her two decades as an Army wife bracing for the worst. But now the pressure is higher, as both her husband and their 20-year-old son are serving together in Afghanistan
Police: Man shoots 4 family members, then himself
A man shot his estranged wife to death, along with their son and grandson, before turning the gun on himself as police closed in, authorities in Livingston Parish, Louisiana, said Sunday. Dennis Carter Sr., 50, also shot and critically injured his pregnant daughter-in-law, the parish sheriff’s office said in a statement
When Being a Good Girl is Bad
Following up her bestselling book Odd Girl Out: The Hidden Culture of Aggression in Girls with The Curse of the Good Girl: Raising Authentic Girls with Courage and Confidence, author Rachel Simmons argues that girls are taught early on to suppress their emotions and not to live as loudly as they might be inclined to. TIME talked with Simmons about how to raise girls who aren’t afraid to be assertive and even a little less than perfect
Muslim women uncover myths about the hijab
Rowaida Abdelaziz doesn’t want your pity. She doesn’t want your frosty public stares; the whispers behind her back; the lament that she’s been degraded by her father. What the Muslim high school senior wants you to understand is that she doesn’t wear the hijab, the head scarf worn by Muslim women, because she is submissive
Is My Child Really Overweight?
Becky Cohn has worried about her daughter’s weight since she was a toddler.