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Sick Kids and Field Trips
The bus taking the eighth graders on their much anticipated field trip to Washington, D.C., just left. Lily's not on it. She...
 
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The Gay Girl on the Church Retreat
Lily just got back from her first church retreat. She went with 500 middle-schoolers from around the state to a weekend retreat...
 
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Mentioning the Unmentionables
I haven't seen the ads. I didn't know about this problem or this program, but Lily did. In some parts of Africa, girls can't...
 
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Do You Have to Lie to Get Your Child in a Good School?
Sending Lily to the single-gender middle school was the best thing we ever did. So was switching churches to one where she felt...
 
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But I'm Too Tired to Take You to Church!
In spite of the fact that our (new) church's youth program is mostly centered on playing with a rubber chicken, Lily has grown...
 
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Showing Our Bosoms
One of the great things about single-gender education is that the teachers can say things in class that they wouldn't say in...