Brett Berk, one of America’s less conventional parenting authorities, is giving away three copies of the new, controversial book True Mom Confessions: Real Moms Get Real by Romi Lassally on his blog. He asks only that you debase yourself by making a confession of your own and hints that grotesque disclosures will be judged extra-favorably. […]

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The Wall Street Journal reports on a popular new pastime: publicly confessing what a shitty caregiver you are. The piece cites Babble.com’s phenomenally successful “Bad Parent” column, and enough new books on the subject (including one by Michael Chabon’s notorious wife) to justify Compulsively Shared Parental Incompetence as a trend. Best anecdote: The woman who […]

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