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  Because They Would Do The Work Anyway

  11.24.08 | Permalink | 11 Comments

  Leslie Kaufman had an interesting article about caregivers in the New York Times last week. It explored the special care that a caregiver who is related to her charge can provide. According to one such caregiver, Tracy Keil, she* can help her charges who don’t want “just a baby sitter” to live as they would [...]

• book review, health, motherhood

  The Book of Mom, redux

  05.12.08 | Permalink | 11 Comments

  It is very difficult for me to write this, but my conscience will not be silenced: I must admit that I have judged something unfairly. I have prematurely condemned it for being unoriginal and unenlightening. You know what doesn’t really bite? What actually has moments of soul-searching, and, as Sally (7) says, many scenes that [...]