Don’t Cut the Baby in Half: 7 Crucial Tips for Raising Whole Kids in a Broken Family

How far would you go to protect your child?

Attacking bear? Oncoming car? Drunken bully? Bank Robber? Abusive daycare worker?

No question. Do not fuck with moms, at least the good ones.

What about more epic threats — -climate change, inequalities, injustice, poverty, racism?

You’re on it.

What about esoteric threats, like how the Goop founder used to protect her kids from sugar? Oy vey.

How about celebrities protecting their babies from paparazzi? [I see you, Mindy Kaling. Not your daughter, though, because you protected her like a champ. Kudos, by the way.]

How about gratuitous violence on television or excessive video game playing or underage drinking?

How about a controlling religious environment, the kind where they teach your kid to feel shame about everything and to judge everyone, including themselves?

Those examples get slightly more murky and personal, right? Loaded.

Or how about a super charming, hard-working, white-collar professional who mows the lawn, pays the bills, and occasionally breaks down doors or spanks harshly or yells? But…