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6.14.10

My Father, Myself: An Interview

Sometimes a bad example is the best way to learn...

For Father's Day we asked a young man named Shane to interview his father, Roland, about some of the rougher times in their family history. Shane and Roland show us that it's never too late to open up about sex, relationships, and what it takes to be a good partner. [11 min 02 sec]

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December 16th 2009

Twenty-Something Men Want Babies, Study Says

- Laura Sessions Stepp

This piece is cross-posted from The Huffington Post, where it appeared on December 15, 2009.

*****

When I first saw Ben Stone, the 23-year-old slacker in the movie "Knocked Up," get mushy over his prospective whoops-baby, I thought, what a bunch of malarkey. Guys in their 20s don't want to be papas.

November 16th 2009

In German There's Not Even a Word For Dating...

- Laura Sessions Stepp

The young woman perched on a chair across from me at Cosi, waiting for her black coffee to cool. Her name was Wlada (pronounced Vlada) Kolosowa. A university student from Berlin, she was taking classes in Washington, DC, and had been assigned by a German newspaper to write about dating in the United States.

“In Germany, we don’t date,” she said. “There isn’t even a word for dating. So what, exactly, is a date?”

Good question.

Historically, I started, a date was a form of courtship in which one person, usually a man, asked another person, usually a woman, to accompany him to some event. He picked her up and usually paid whatever costs were involved.

October 31st 2009

And How Are The Children?

- Laura Sessions Stepp

Alma Powell, a well-known advocate for youth, opened a grand dinner at the Newseum this week, the U.S. Capitol illuminated behind her, by asking a simple question: “And how are the children?”

It was an appropriate salutation, delivered to reporters about to receive awards for writing and broadcasting about disadvantaged children and families.

7.27.09

Model Moments: Our Relationship Role Models

Relationship role models can shape our entire view of what it means to love and be loved. Having relationship "model moments" are a key to having healthy and happy relationships.

[5 min 54 secs]



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