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To be the best parent

Michelle Louise Wirth (Penn State): The State of Daddy Issues. Chantelle Feldhaus and Chantelle Van den Heever (North-West): The Sexual Orientation of a Parent as a Factor When Considering Care. Samantha Brennan and Bill Cameron (Western Ontario): How Many Parents Can a Child Have? Philosophical Reflections on the "Three Parent Case". Jessica Grose on how celebrating surrogate motherhood too excessively is dangerous, too. Richard V. Reeves, Isabel Sawhill and Kimberly Howard on the parenting gap: The first two years of life are crucial — we need to help lower-income parents do better and demand that they do. Ethical Parenting: If your kids are watching you try to be the best parent you can be (and they are), they will likely see you lie, plot, and even cheat for their benefit — so are you doing them more harm than good? Breaking down motherhood myths: An interview with Kate Hopper, author of Ready for Air: A Journey through Premature Motherhood. Moms and dads both want to spend time with their kids — why do moms spend more? Marshall Poe interviews Gayle Kaufman, author of Superdads: How Fathers Balance Work and Family in the 21st Century. Why aren't there more stay-at-home dads? Tim Napper wonders. Donna Peach reviews Diversity in Family Life: Gender, Relationships and Social Change by Elisabetta Ruspini. Eric Yosomono, Rev. Les Crowley, Ryan Menezes on 6 foreign parenting practices Americans would call neglect.