Last month my wife and I visited our oldest daughter in college. Late that Saturday night, she said she wanted to walk from her dorm to the hotel to hang out with us a bit longer. How should a good parent respond? Should I ask if the route from the dorm to the hotel is safe and offer to pick her up if there’s any unusual danger? Or, should I simply say, “We shouldn’t live in a world where a young woman is afraid to walk alone late at night,” ask her to stroll on over, and then hashtag #TakeBacktheNight on Twitter? Let’s discuss another real-world scenario. We know that the vast majority of college men aren’t sexual predators, but some are ...

October 19 2017

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Mayim Bialik Is Right, Modesty Is Prudent

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Last month my wife and I visited our oldest daughter in college. Late that Saturday night, she said she wanted to walk from her dorm to the hotel to hang out with us a bit longer. How should a good parent respond? Should I ask if the route from the dorm to the hotel is safe and offer to pick her up if there’s any unusual...

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