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The 5 Types of Very Bad Parenting Essays

The 5 Types of Very Bad Parenting Essays

Newsflash: Creating a miniature human in your likeness doesn't make you God.

Heather Havrilesky
Sep 30, 2019
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Look, I’m just as into crafting tiny artisanal human friends using only my body as the next slob. I just want to caution you against writing self-congratulatory prose on the subject, lest you accidentally end up publishing one of these Five Very Bad Parenting Essays I Never Want to Read Again.

1. My Child Is Incredible

You haven’t met my new baby, so I’ll…

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