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Friends With Kids Versus Friends Without Kids

This cycle, based on what happens between about 25 and 40, boomerangs back around every so often.

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Ted Bauer
Dec 22, 2023
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We’ve had a few bombs in the child-rearing culture wars in the last few weeks to bring this issue of “Can those with kids and those without kids be friends?” back to the forefront. Let’s run through some of the assets.

You had this long, generally-good essay/article in New York Magazine.

You had this, from Anne Helen Petersen.

(Hey, that’s actually from

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