Instead of needing lots of children, we need high-quality children.

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Chief among our gains must be reckoned this possibility of choice, the recognition of many...

Chief among our gains must be reckoned this possibility of choice, the recognition of many...

No matter how many communes anybody invents, the family always creeps back

No matter how many communes anybody invents, the family always creeps back

I had no reason to doubt that brains were suitable for a woman. And as...

I had no reason to doubt that brains were suitable for a woman. And as...

Many societies have educated their male children on the simple device of teaching them not...

Many societies have educated their male children on the simple device of teaching them not...

Fathers are biological necessities, but social accidents.

Fathers are biological necessities, but social accidents.

Thanks to television, for the first time the young are seeing history made before it...

Thanks to television, for the first time the young are seeing history made before it...

Women want mediocre men, and men are working hard to be as mediocre as possible.

Women want mediocre men, and men are working hard to be as mediocre as possible.

Anthropology demands the open-mindedness with which one must look and listen, record in astonishment and...

Anthropology demands the open-mindedness with which one must look and listen, record in astonishment and...

Thanks to television, for the first time the young are seeing history made before it...

Thanks to television, for the first time the young are seeing history made before it...

And when our baby stirs and struggles to be born it compels humility: what we...

And when our baby stirs and struggles to be born it compels humility: what we...

Prayer does not use up artificial energy, doesn't burn up any fossil fuel, doesn't pollute....

Prayer does not use up artificial energy, doesn't burn up any fossil fuel, doesn't pollute....

Sisters is probably the most competitive relationship within the family, but once the sisters are...

Sisters is probably the most competitive relationship within the family, but once the sisters are...

Instead of being presented with stereotypes by age, sex, color, class, or religion, children must...

Instead of being presented with stereotypes by age, sex, color, class, or religion, children must...

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed,...

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed,...

The pains of childbirth were altogether different from the enveloping effects of other kinds of...

The pains of childbirth were altogether different from the enveloping effects of other kinds of...

Nobody has ever before asked the nuclear family to live all by itself in a...

Nobody has ever before asked the nuclear family to live all by itself in a...

Anthropology demands the open-mindedness with which one must look and listen, record in astonishment and...

Anthropology demands the open-mindedness with which one must look and listen, record in astonishment and...

Our humanity rests upon a series of learned behaviors, woven together into patterns that are...

Our humanity rests upon a series of learned behaviors, woven together into patterns that are...

It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity.

It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity.

Humanity is never so beautiful as when praying for forgiveness, or else forgiving another.

Humanity is never so beautiful as when praying for forgiveness, or else forgiving another.