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By Delia Lloyd - Politics DailyMy colleague Bonnie Goldstein wrote an essay on these pages reminding us Gen-Xers that for all the swim lessons, college-essay-coaching and pitch-perfect birthday parties we can muster, we cannot always protect our children from catastrophe. It's worth remembering that admonition as Elizabeth Smart takes the stand this week in the trial of Brian David Mitchell, the man accused of kidnapping her in June 2002. Remember Elizabeth? She was that beautiful, almost impossibly pristine-looking 14-year-old girl with the long blond hair and the milky white skin who was abducted at knife point from ...
Why Best Friends Really Are Bad for Girls
By Delia Lloyd - Politics DailyExtra! Extra! Read all about it! Best friends are bad for you. So says an article published in the New York Times a couple of days ago. Titled "A Best Friend? You Must Be Kidding," it describes a new trend among some educators and child psychologists who are actively discouraging children from having best friends. The concern is that forming exclusive one-on-one friendships in childhood encourages cliques and bullying. Some camps have even gone so far as to set up "friendship coaches" to help campers become friends with everyone else. The reaction to this article has been both fast and ...
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