January 31, 2003

Taking Children to Academic Conferences

To the Editor:

To my disappointment, Robin Wilson's article on children at academic conferences oversimplified a complicated professional situation by showing only examples of stereotypically obnoxious behavior on the part of children, and mayhem for their beleaguered parents ("Papers and Pampers," December 13). Ms. Wilson's flippant approach to her subjects played into wider cultural biases against children in professional and public spaces, subverting the goal of a careful,

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