In the wake of her mother’s passing, Dylan Landis wrestles with unanswered questions about love and art, and imagines different possibilities of what could have been.
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Parenting in the New Age of Anxiety
Are we sacrificing our childrens’ inner lives by protecting them too much?
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A Reading List to Celebrate World Breast Pumping Day
Here’s a reading list to celebrate World Breast Pumping Day on January 27.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Feature, Nonfiction, Story
What He Left Behind
Kira Martin struggles through her connection – both emotional and physical – with her troubled and destructive son.
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Motherhood: ‘Thank God I think I love it??’
“We are experts in our own lives, but ignored by the world at large.”
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The 2-Year-Old Instagram Influencers Who Make More Than You
Kid stars on Instagram are a growing part of the influencer marketing industry, working increasingly with clothing and toy brands.
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Talking to Big Baby
A child’s doll exerts a gravitational pull on every member of her family.
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Becoming a Woman Who Yells at Her Children
If yelling is the new spanking, where does that leave the progressive, occasionally voice-raising parent?
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An Introduction to Death
In this essay from our Fine Lines series, raising a teenager of her own offers author A.M. Homes a glimpse into her mother’s experience of raising her.
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Japan’s Vegetable-Eating Men
Recent cultural and policy shifts in Japan have made a previously hard-to-find species far more common: the stay-at-home dad.