January 2010 Archives

Jan 30

Genetic Screening or Eugenics?

2010 12:31 PM Posted by doctorandmama

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A start-up company in Silicon Valley has released a test which will allow prospective parents to find out if they are carriers for genetic diseases. The company, Counsyl, tests saliva samples submitted by customers for the genetic mutations associated with...

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Jan 29

Have I Turned Into A Stage Mother?

2010 4:08 PM Posted by doctorandmama

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By Linda ShiueI'd never imagine myself as a stage mother. An introvert myself, I understood in my soul the terror my similarly introverted daughter must have felt as she walked into the performance space for the first time. While she...

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Jan 6

Raising Girls

2010 1:39 AM Posted by doctorandmama

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By Linda ShiueA recent conversation I had with a friend led me to reflect on how I am raising my two young daughters. I am someone you might expect to be rigidly and consciously raising my daughters in a nonsexist...

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