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The best interests of children

A review of Regulating Autonomy: Sex, Reproduction and Family. The state of families, class and culture: Americans step into and out of relationships faster than couples in Europe, Japan and Australia. Who's your Daddy, or your other Daddy, or your Mommy?: Ronald Bailey on reproductive contracts and the best interests of children. A review of Equally Shared Parenting: Rewriting the Rules for a New Generation of Parents by Marc Vachon and Amy Vachon. An interview with Susan Clancy, author of The Trauma Myth: The Truth About the Sexual Abuse of Children — and its Aftermath (and more). A review of NurtureShock: New Thinking About Children by Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman. An interview with Frank Sulloway, author of Born to Rebel: Birth Order, Family Dynamics, and Creative Lives. Are American kids crazy or what? While our kids may drive us crazy, a prominent researcher given a big new prize hopes to spend his money finding out if that's universal. A review of This Little Kiddy Went to Market: The Corporate Capture of Childhood by Sharon Beder. A proper upbringing: “Don’t you realize you’re just sacrificing your children to your political ideology?” A review of High Glitz: The Extravagant World of Child Beauty Pageants by Susan Anderson. The puzzle of boys: Scholars and others debate what it means to grow up male in America. Iron bars and razor wire: A look at the forbidding, prisonlike architecture of ghetto day care centers. A review of Miriam Forman-Brunell's Babysitter: An American History. The Parent Trap: We love seeing bad parents getting punished — why don't we care how that affects their kids?