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In a group therapy session in Jordan, refugee women unload about the difficulties of caring for children afflicted by nightmares, aggressive outbursts and PTSD symptoms. “I have two boys, ages 3 and 5. They are scared of everything,” says one participant.
While most decide to have children, parenting and happiness don’t always go hand in hand, says Jessica Valenti in her book, “Why Have Kids?” In this excerpt, she looks at the women–and men–who’ve chosen not to have kids, and the mixed reaction.
A poll commissioned by Republicans for Choice asks “who decides” a woman’s right to abortion. It’s not a question other polls are asking this year and the results indicate strong support of a woman’s right to choose.
Girls are raised to be obedient and the Chinese ideogram for “educate” shows a child being beaten with a stick. Juan Wu says the traditional mistreatment of children is where the work against domestic violence begins.
Argentina’s Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo think a trial now underway could reunite them with stolen grandchildren. A key ally is U.S. Rep. Hinchey, who is pushing Obama to declassify relevant documents by executive order.
For all the promotion of breastfeeding, U.S. women are not responding well to the “breast is best” message, says Kimberly Seals Allers. It’s time to clear the air and talk about all the other factors–beside nutrition–that affect a mother’s feeding choice.
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In this excerpt from “Friends Forever,” co-authors Suzanne Degge-White and Christine Borzumato-Gainey describe the often liberating way some women’s friendships can change in midlife, when young children are no longer a common denominator.
Female teens in the countryside of Ivory Coast often leave school to start families with older men. It’s a financial strategy that many women here say they have lived to regret.
Sex workers in Kolkata are enrolling their children in school. But the kids often don’t make it through secondary school, when derision from peers, along with pressures to earn a living, intensify.
Neuroscientist Lise Eliot argues for more brain research on boy-girl differences in this excerpt from her new book, “Pink Brain, Blue Brain: How Small Differences Grow Into Troublesome Gaps–And What We Can Do About It.”