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We arrive home from school around noon and I’m already tired as I change Asher’s pull-up and make his lunch. Then I once again hoist the weight of his 50-pound body against mine, and I carry him to his high chair.  He always immediately shouts out, “BOOOOK!” And I of course oblige and read him the…

I have a new article about Prenatal Testing at Motherlode, the parenting blog of the New York Times. It is called: “Deciding Not to Screen for Down Syndrome: Why Prenatal Testing Harms as Much as it Helps.” It begins: My pregnancy has been an easy one. No morningsickness, more than ample weight gain, minimal aches…

We’ve entered a new phase in our family life. Penny has started to ask questions. When we pick Peter up from the train, she’ll say, “How was your day, Dad?” Or when she meets someone new she’ll say, “Hi. What’s your name?” And of course there is the ever-present childhood question, “Why?” I hear that…

Thanks for the many insights and comments on the post “Idolatry in America, Idolatry in My Life.” I wanted to make one follow up point.  Let’s start with an analogy. If you realize that you are addicted to alcohol and want that to change, you abstain from alcohol. But if you realize that you have…
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