Children
For secular people, morality is predicated on one simple principle: empathetic reciprocity, widely known as the Golden Rule.
View ArticleWill having kids soon be out of reach economically for many American families?
Parenthood should be affordable in this country, but the cost of raising a child from birth to adulthood is now a quarter of a million dollars and projected to double by the time today's toddlers reach...
View ArticleForget the 'mommy wars.' We've got the war on moms to deal with
America, we have a mommy problem.
View ArticleA kiddie birthday party with bad manners -- by the parents
The story of the birthday party guest who didn’t show and then was billed for the cost of attendance -- or non-attendance -- fits neatly at the nexus of changes in courtesy and child-rearing. Parents...
View ArticlePart 'none,' part Jewish, all teenager -- and leery about anti-Semitism in...
When the birth announcement of Athene, daughter of my Parisian college boyfriend, arrived by e-mail, I excitedly showed la bébé's picture to my 16-year-old. My husband and I are perilously close to...
View ArticleSecular parenting: Raising moral kids without religion
Can kids be good without God? Watch our video chat with columnist Patt Morrison and Phil Zuckerman, author of "Living the Secular Life."
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