From Lapham’s Quarterly, a special issue on family. Mariana Pargendler (Getulio Vargas): The Rise and Decline of Legal Families. Joshua Wilt (Northwestern): Normal Families Facing Unique Challenges: The Psychosocial Functioning of Multiracial Couples, Parents and Children. Darren Rosenblum (Pace): Unsex Mothering: Toward a New Culture of Parenting. Chloe Taylor (Alberta): Foucault and Familial Power. Why French parents are superior: While Americans fret over modern parenthood, the French are raising happy, well-behaved children without all the anxiety. A French dad and an American mom discuss the controversial parenting book Bringing Up Bebe: One American Mother Discovers the Wisdom of French Parenting by Pamela Druckerman (and more). Ruth Franklin on why no book will fix what’s wrong with American parenting. Laura

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