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| The Seeds of Fatherhood: Pregnancy and Childbirth | |
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| What's Going On in There? | |
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| Second That Emotion | |
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| Accidents Can Happen | |
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| Can You Relate? | |
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| How Fat Is Your Wallet? | |
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| What Are You Like? | |
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| What Are You Afraid Of? | |
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| What's Wrong with the Baby? | |
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| I Can't Handle This Alone! | |
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| I Ain't Got No Money, Honey | |
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| Ready or Not, Here I Come | |
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| I Don't Wanna Share! | |
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| I Don't Wanna Die! | |
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| Spare Some Change? | |
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| So What Have You Got to Lose? | |
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| Good Grief! | |
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| Okay, Where Do I Fit In? | |
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| Mother's Little Helper | |
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| Open Hands and Open Ears | |
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| Mop-Up Detail: The First Trimester | |
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| Glory Days: The Second Trimester | |
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| The Final Stretch and Stretch and Stretch: The Third Trimester | |
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| Get Real | |
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| Overcoming Sensory Deprivation | |
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| Getting Your Kicks | |
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| Your Wife Has the Stomach for Labor and Delivery, Do You? | |
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| To Be or Not to Be in the Delivery Room | |
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| Why Should I? | |
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| Why Shouldn't I? | |
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| Decision Time | |
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| What Am I Supposed to Do? | |
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| Go to the Head of the Class | |
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| Women Have Been Giving Birth for Thousands of Years--So Why Do We Need a Class? | |
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| It's All in the Timing | |
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| Hey, What About Me? | |
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| The Invisible Man | |
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| The Pregnancy No Body Knows | |
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| What Happened to That Old Gang of Mine? | |
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| Something's Coming Between Us | |
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| What's Happening to My Body? | |
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| Monkey See, Monkey Do | |
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| The Shape of Things to Come | |
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| How the Heck Did Your Partner Get Pregnant Anyway? | |
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| Navigating a Sexual Obstacle Course | |
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| You've Lost That Loving Feeling | |
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| Pregnancy: Turn-Off ...? | |
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| ... Or Turn-On? | |
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| Let's Get It On | |
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| Get Ready, 'Cause Here I Come | |
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| It May Not Take a Village, But You Will Need Help | |
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| Time Off for Good Behavior | |
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| Help! I Need Somebody | |
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| What's the Plan? | |
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| You Need Professional Help! | |
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| Buy, Buy, Baby | |
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| All You Need Is Love? | |
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| What Else Could You Possibly Want? | |
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| Packed and Ready to Go | |
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| You Can't Have a Baby without Paperwork | |
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| What Did You Forget? | |
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| Lights, Camera, Action? | |
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| Is There Gas in the Car? | |
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| So Where's the Baby? | |
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| The Waiting Game | |
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| Last Rest Stop for Miles and Miles | |
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| Choose Your Own Adventure: What Kind of Father Do You Want to Be? | |
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| Typecasting: Filling the Role of Father | |
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| Rewriting the Roles | |
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| The Full-Time Breadwinner | |
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| The Children's Hour | |
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| The Split Personality | |
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| Not Enough Hours in the Day | |
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| Mr. Mom | |
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| Is Anybody Out There? | |
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| Maintaining a Balanced Load | |
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| Wanted: Role Models | |
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| Memories of Childhood | |
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| From the Ridiculous to the Sublime: TV Dads | |
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| Cine-Ma? What About Cine-Pa? | |
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| On Your Own | |
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| Your Rookie Year: Fathering Infants | |
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| After Care: Post-Partum Recovery | |
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| I Want to Go Home! | |
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| Leave It to the Professionals | |
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| No Sleep for the Weary | |
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| Getting Your Partner Back on Her Feet | |
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| Where Are You Taking My Baby? | |
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| Homeward Bound | |
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| Where Does It Hurt? | |
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| No Heavy Lifting | |
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| The Baby Blues | |
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| Oh, Mama! | |
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| Mother's Little Helper | |
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| She's Not the Only One | |
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| Getting Away from It All | |
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| Crying Out for Contact: Soothing and Handling Your Baby | |
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| The Crying Game | |
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| Okay, So It Loses a Little in Translation | |
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| Stop Your Sobbing: Tricks of the Trade | |
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| It's Crying Time Again: Colic | |
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| Handle with Care | |
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| No Sudden Movements | |
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| Heads Up! | |
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| The Neck Bone's Connected to the Head Bone | |
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| In One End and Out the Other: Feeding and Cleaning Your Baby | |
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| What's for Dinner? | |
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| The Wonder Dad: Offering Style, Support, and Comfort | |
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| It's 3 A.M. Do You Know Where Your Baby Is? | |
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| Pass the Bottle This Way, Pal | |
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| A Formula for Success | |
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| Spoon-Feeding | |
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| Cleanliness Is Next to Impossible | |
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| It's a Dirty Job, But Somebody's Got to Do It | |
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| Get Ready, Get Set | |
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| ... Go! | |
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| All Red in the Cheeks | |
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| Call in the Toxic Waste Crew | |
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| We're Having Some Fun Now, Aren't We? | |
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| Super Soakers: Bath Time | |
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| Little by Little: Sponge Baths | |
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| Sink or Swim | |
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| Tubby Time Is Fun Time | |
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| Daddy Doctor | |
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| Daddy, I Don't Feel So Good | |
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| Is There a Doctor in the House? | |
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| Patience! Patients! | |
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| Calling for Reinforcements | |
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| Tell Me Where It Hurts | |
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| Playing Doctor | |
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| The Daddy-Doctor Motto: Be Prepared | |
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| Home Remedies | |
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| A Spoonful of Sugar | |
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| In Case of Emergency | |
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| Ready for Anything? | |
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| Are Your Papers in Order? | |
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| The ABCs of CPR | |
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| Making Time for Baby | |
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| Take Your Time, 007 | |
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| The Stranger Among Us | |
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| What's the Rush? | |
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| Bonding for Beginners | |
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| That's Entertainment! | |
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| A Feast for the Eyes (and Ears) | |
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| Toy Story | |
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| Power Trip | |
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| Play Nice | |
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| By the Book | |
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| Baby in the Bedroom: Is There Sex After Childbirth? | |
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| Ready or Not, Here I Come? | |
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| Cleared for Takeoff | |
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| Okay, Okay, Don't Rush Me! | |
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| So What Are You Afraid Of? | |
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| You're Such a Pain | |
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| Deja Vu? | |
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| Three's a Crowd | |
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| Everything's Changed | |
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| In the Mood? | |
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| Take Your Time | |
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| It's a Date! | |
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| Relax, It's Only Sex | |
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| Warm-Up Acts | |
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| Talk Dirty to Me | |
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| Hey, I've Got an Idea! | |
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| We Have the Technology | |
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| Help! | |
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| Mapping Out Strategies for a Long-Term Parenting Partnership | |
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| Getting on the Same Page: Parents as Partners | |
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| Goal Tending | |
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| What Do You Want Anyway? | |
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| When Worlds Collide: Conflicting Goals | |
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| What Do You Think? | |
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| Doing the Right Thing | |
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| Crunch Time: Resolving Conflict | |
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| The Art of Persuasion | |
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| Mutual Compromise | |
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| Deferential Treatment | |
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| Lord of the Manor | |
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| Domestic Goddess | |
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| Spheres of Influence | |
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| Okay, Let's Try It Your Way | |
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| Calling It in the Air | |
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| Asking an Expert | |
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| Breaking Up the Mommy Monopoly | |
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| Cornering the Market | |
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| On-the-Job Training | |
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| Learning to Share | |
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| Play Nice | |
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| How Much Is This Kid Gonna Cost, Anyway? | |
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| The Real Money Pit | |
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| Children: A Cost-Benefit Analysis | |
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| Where's All the Money Going? | |
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| What You Get for Your Money | |
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| If You Die, What Will You Do Then? | |
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| Where There's a Will, There's a Way | |
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| That's Life Insurance | |
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| College Bound | |
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| The High Cost of Higher Learning | |
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| A Diller, a Dollar, a Quarter-Million-Dollar Scholar | |
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| Where's All This Money Coming From? | |
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| Investing Wisely in Education | |
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| Nuts and Bolts: Fathering Toddlers and Preschoolers | |
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| Helpful Handyman: Childproofing Your Home | |
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| Is This Really Necessary? | |
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| Mini-Magellans and Newtons in the Nursery | |
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| Right Here, Right Now | |
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| Staying Out of Touch | |
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| Locked Up Tight | |
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| Do Not Enter | |
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| Keep Away | |
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| Hazardous Waste | |
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| Short Falls | |
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| What Goes Up Must Come Down | |
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| Avoiding Window Pains | |
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| Refinishing the Furniture | |
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| The Heat Is On | |
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| Don't Get Burned | |
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| Shock Treatments | |
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| Where There's Smoke | |
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| Something's Out There! | |
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| Safety First | |
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| Teach Your Children Well | |
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| In Case of Emergency | |
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| Start All Over Again | |
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| Beating the Bedtime Blues | |
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| Sleeping Like a Baby | |
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| Rites of Passage | |
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| The Calm Before the Snore | |
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| Breaking Up Is Hard to Do | |
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| Does Your Child Need You to Stay--Or Merely Want You to Stay? | |
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| Making Hard Choices: Which Is the Lesser Evil | |
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| Independence Night | |
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| Things That Go Bump in the Night | |
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| Midnight Snackers | |
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| Hey! I'm Awake Here! | |
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| Exercise Some Restraint (You, Not Your Child) | |
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| Little Runaway | |
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| Is Three a Crowd in Bed? | |
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| Nightmare on Your Street | |
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| The All-Night Horror Show | |
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| Accidents Happen | |
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| Sleep Deprivation | |
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| A Shift in the Balance of Power: The Arrival of Siblings | |
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| The New Math: Two Times One Is Greater Than Two | |
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| Juggling and No-Look Passes | |
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| Age Differences | |
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| Is Everybody Ready? | |
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| Is Ignorance Really Bliss? | |
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| Let's Talk Baby Talk | |
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| Accepting the Inevitable | |
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| You're Part of This, Too | |
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| The Final Stretch | |
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| Having a Baby Doesn't Change Everything | |
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| I Thought You Were Calling the Sitter | |
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| Hey, Kid! Want to See Something Really Gross? | |
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| Take That Thing Back! | |
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| Visiting Hours | |
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| Coming Home | |
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| Will the Real Baby Please Stand Up? | |
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| Father's Little Helper | |
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| Which One of Us Do You Love More? | |
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| The New Rival | |
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| No Fighting, No Biting | |
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| Growing Up Together | |
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| The Serious Business of Child's Play | |
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| Class Is in Session | |
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| Setting the Curriculum | |
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| Evaluating the Faculty | |
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| Tips on Toys | |
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| His and Her Toys? | |
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| Everything Old Is New Again | |
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| Game Hunting | |
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| Point-Shaving Scandals | |
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| Rules of Play | |
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| It's Only a Game | |
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| Playing the Part of Playmate | |
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| Social Play | |
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| Imagine That! | |
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| Art for Art's Sake | |
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| The Wonderful World of Make-Believe | |
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| Why Do You Think They Call Them Monitors? | |
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| Welcome to TV Land | |
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| Too Much TV | |
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| ... Or Too Much Bad TV? | |
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| Everybody's a Critic | |
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| Welcome to the Computer Age | |
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| Screening Software | |
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| Breeding Readers | |
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| Learning How to Read to a Child | |
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| Who Needs Pictures When You've Got a Thousand Words? | |
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| Tale Spinning | |
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| The Wonder Years: Fathering Older Children | |
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| Love, Death, and Other Topics of Conversation | |
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| Unspeakable Silence | |
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| Who Are You Really Protecting? | |
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| Shhh! If We Don't Say Anything, Maybe It Will Go Away | |
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| Everything You Know About Sex (But Were Afraid Your Child Would Ask) | |
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| The Body Shop | |
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| Hint: It Ain't the Stork! | |
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| Just the Facts, Ma'am | |
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| Caught in the Act: Handling Embarrassing Situations | |
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| The Moral of the Story | |
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| The Talk | |
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| The Mask of Death | |
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| Death Is All Around Us | |
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| Bringing It Home | |
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| Good Grief | |
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| Just Wait 'Til Your Father Gets Home | |
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| Sizing Up Your Authority | |
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| Size Isn't Everything | |
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| The King Is Dead, Long Live the King | |
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| Setting Limits: Where It All Begins | |
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| Ain't Misbehavin' | |
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| Spare the Rod | |
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| Tricks of the Trade | |
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| The Nays Have It | |
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| Setting the Ground Rules | |
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| I Can't Control Myself, So There: Why Your Toddler Misbehaves | |
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| You Are the Rules | |
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| Polite Society | |
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| How Would You Feel If ...? | |
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| Share and Share Alike | |
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| Finding Punishments That Fit the Crimes | |
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| The Hot Seat: Time Out | |
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| Might Makes Right? | |
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| Making Up Is Hard To Do | |
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| Profound Losses | |
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| The Not-So-Stern Disciplinarian | |
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| Whoa, Boy! Controlling Your Own Anger | |
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| My Mistake | |
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| Listen to Reason | |
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| What It's All About: Doing the Right Thing | |
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| Soaking It All Up | |
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| Back-Up Systems in Place | |
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| Educational Values | |
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| Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire | |
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| Upping the Ante: Encouraging Responsibility | |
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| Fun for the Whole Family? | |
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| Staying Close to Home | |
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| Avoiding Lost Weekends | |
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| Outing the Entire Family | |
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| Ladies and Gentlemen, and Children of All Ages | |
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| Vacation, Everybody Wants One | |
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| Ah, That's the Spot | |
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| Reservations About Lodgings | |
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| Adventures Abroad | |
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| In-Flight Turbulence | |
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| Having Reservations Already? | |
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| The Terror of Flight 606 | |
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| Mapping Out a Flight Plan | |
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| On the Road Again | |
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| School Days | |
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| Off to School | |
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| You Have Nothing to Fear but Fear Itself | |
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| Rallying the Team | |
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| Crisis Management | |
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| Have You Done Your Homework? | |
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| Smart Kids, Safe Kids | |
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| A Stupid Rule | |
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| Two Smart Rules | |
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| No Means No! | |
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| Soccer Dads | |
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| The Only Game in Town | |
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| Those Who Can't Play, Coach | |
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| Teenage Wasteland | |
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| How to Talk to a Teenager | |
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| Turning Down the Heat | |
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| Mastering the Approach Shot | |
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| Keeping It Going | |
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| Driver's Education | |
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| Easing into the Fast Lane | |
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| Your Car, Your Rules | |
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| A Model Driver | |
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| Volunteering to Be the Designated Driver | |
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| Accidents Happen | |
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| Dangerous Habits | |
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| An Ounce (or a Gram) of Prevention | |
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| The Rap on Drugs | |
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| But Dad, You Drink and Smoke | |
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| You're Drunk! | |
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| You're Smoking! | |
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| You're Stoned! | |
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| Give It That Old College Try | |
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| On the Record | |
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| Off the Record | |
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| This Is Only a Test. Had This Been a Real Emergency | |
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| Narrowing the Field | |
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| Apply Yourself | |
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| Appendices | |
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| Paterniterms: Words You May Need to Know | |
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| Paternal Resources | |
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| Index | |