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August 22, 2010
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(Joel Benjamin photo)What happened to losing?
Today's kids live in a world of scoreless games and trophies for everyone. When we cushion them from defeat at the early ages, are they less prepared to cope when real competition kicks in?
- Chat transcript Author David Light Shields on kids and competition
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Issue highlights
This is a test
A promising new relationship presents you with challenges you certainly don't want to flunk.
Down by the sea
Lovely evening, a table with a view. It’s up to them now.
One too many lovers
When Dad's uncomfortable with his daughter's new partner, plus restaurant interruptions.
Love the shovel
A wake-up call for winter
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Expand your picnic repertoire: These potato salads are dressed with herbs, mustard, and even beer.
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Robby on the MTA
A little one's Boston accent and keeping your car - and hat - safe.
Letters to the Magazine editor
Readers weighed in on ultimate fighting, bald eagles, liquor laws, who should pay for dinner, and more.
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Kickin' back with Steve Carell in Marshfield
This summer, the star returns to Massachusetts for some much-needed R & R.
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Letter from Selma
Revisiting the 1965 murder of a white Boston minister that helped usher in the Voting Rights Act.
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Home-birth battle
Massachusetts doesn't regulate midwives. Now one brave – and unlikely – advocate is fighting for change.
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