“On learning to accept your child’s discriminating tastes, even when it hurts.”
parenting
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Active Recall
“As of his sixth birthday next month, he will have 2,462 seconds, his entire life compressed as I wanted to remember it, into approximately 41 minutes.”
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Mothering at the End of the World
“We went to North Carolina to see how mothers carry on when their world comes crashing down. Sometimes they hold each other.”
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How My Dad Reconciled His God and His Gay Son
“When I came out nearly 16 years later, it shook his faith and fractured his church. But it never separated us. I wanted to
understand how. So I read his journals.”
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Breastfeeding During a Heatwave
“How do we care for our children and the environment?”
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Why Children’s Books?
“All children grow up: those who write for children need, therefore, to write fiction that will speak to them both now and in their future.”
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To Catch a Sunset
“Reflections on allergies, anxieties, and the limits of familial love.”
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The Delicate Art of Turning Your Parents Into Content
“Gen Z creators are learning the lessons of Scorsese and Akerman: putting mom and dad in your work brings pathos, complexity, and a certain frisson.”