The Only Reasons Why I Live In New York City-Reason 1

The only reasons why I live in New York City.  Me and my daughter.  She is one of the four reasons why I’m living in New York City. I’ll tell you the other three in my next  posts.  It’s hard to believe that my little girlie is going to be 16 in January. Time files…but…

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How my mother’s fanatical feminist views tore us apart, by the daughter of The Color Purple author – Alice Walker

  Alice Walker’s daughter Rebecca speaking her truth…and the truth of so many other women: I know many women are shocked by my views. They expect the daughter of Alice Walker to deliver a very different message. Yes, feminism has undoubtedly given women opportunities. It’s helped open the doors for us at schools, universities and…

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Does Modern Matrimonial Law Represent “The Best Interests Of The Children?”

I found this on a site recently and had to re-post. A great commentary on the reality we live in. Why do we allow 1960’s laws to exist in 2013? Paternity Law. Does One Size Fit the Best Interest of Children? Posted by: Jason Brown on the Star Tribune – http://www.startribune.com/local/yourvoices/204388701.html Jason Brown is the founding…

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‘Sleepovers’ With My 9-Year-Old Daughter

I just read a great pice in the Motherlode section of the NY Times.   When I was in high school in the late ’80s, I took a job baby-sitting for a single mother with a 9-year-old boy. I didn’t know the family well. The father was absent from the situation, and the mother appeared…

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