Op-Ed Columnist

Father Doesn’t Know Best

NEW YORK TIMES

By MAUREEN DOWD

Published: May 22, 2012 279 CommentsWASHINGTON

Your parents spill a few secrets as they get older.

One night at dinner with my mom, I ventured that the rhythm method had worked well for her, given that there were six years between my sister Peggy and my brother Kevin, and six more between Kevin and me. She arched an eyebrow. “Well, sometimes your father used something,” she said.
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