Raising children has likely never been more challenging than it is today. The parenting editor of eHow notes in the first two lines of How to Overcome the Challenges of Raising Children:

“Children do not come with a user’s manual nor with a lifetime guarantee. What they do come with is challenges.”

Adding to the complexity for today’s moms and dads is a plethora of information. Too much, maybe. In fact, while there is a wealth of advice available to support parents on the challenging journey, all too often, the instructions of one expert totally contrasts if not patently contradicts that of another.

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Over at the WeeklyStandard.com, Joseph Epstein, a contributing editor to the online magazine, would certainly not be considered a child expert. However, Epstein has authored a very unique assessment of the changing place of children in American landscape.

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