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  Every Day I Take a Picture of My Daughter Before School in Case She is in a Mass Shooting

  August 30 at 5 a.m.

  My morning ritual with my daughter is simple and banal now that she’s back in school. I pack her lunch or check her school account to make sure there’s money in it if she wants to buy. We argue about how brushed her hair is because she’s inherited my feral...

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  5 Things to Know When Your Kid Gets Into Sports

  July 24 at 5 a.m.

  My daughter has been enrolled in various sports programs since she was five, and even before that her daycare provider was also a karate teacher by night and added basic karate as a freebie to the class. Like most parents, over the years I’ve compiled a list of things that...

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  Five Bay Area Restaurants Kids and Parents Will Both Love

  June 13 at 4 a.m.

  School is out for the summer and parents are looking for places to let the kids run wild while they catch up on adult conversation. Since wild children are frowned upon in most restaurants, here is a list of a few places in Houston's bay area where kids laughing and...

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  Quid Pro Quo, Clarice: Explain Stormy Daniels To My Kids And I’ll Explain Gay Marriage To Yours

  March 22 at 5 a.m.

  Won't someone please think of the children? That's what I'm here for.

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  Dear Tarantino: If She’s 13, It’s Your JOB Not to Have Sex With Her

  February 8 at 5 a.m.

  There was a bit in Jezebel recently where famed auteur Quentin Tarantino defended also-famed auteur Roman Polanski. Polanski, the director of many important films, fled to Europe following allegations he had sexual relations with 13-year-old Samantha Gailey. Since then he has continued to have a storied and celebrated career involving...

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  Managing Modern Tech Makes Today's Parents The Greatest Generation. Sorry, Grandpa.

  January 5 at 5 a.m.

  Every generation of parenting brings its own particular horror, ours is technology.