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Category Archive: Books

Why we want our kids to make mistakes

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The goal isn’t to lecture your children but to kick-start their critical thinking. By Katherine Reynolds Lewis

July 9, 2018 Books, Culture

Punishment by weeding, a tale of fatherhood

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I’d tried to make my sons do various jobs over the years, all with disastrous results. By David McGlynn

June 15, 2018 Books, Family

A Motherwell Q&A with nanny to the stars, Connie Simpson

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It’s old-school knowledge seasoned with new-school methods validated by hands-on experience.

March 21, 2018 Books, Parenting Advice

Learning how to let your teens motivate themselves

pencil sketch "The Self-Driven Child"
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Coming to peace with the reality that you can’t make your kid do things is actually liberating. By William Stixrud and Ned Johnson

March 2, 2018 Books, Parenting Challenges

A selection of Motherwell’s favorite parenting books

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Looking for the perfect parenting gift, book club recommendation or holiday read? Look no further. By Lauren Apfel

December 6, 2017 Books

How to realize your son is not lazy

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Decades ago, boys who lacked motivation were called late bloomers. Today, we call them underachievers. By Adam Price

December 5, 2017 Books, Culture

The feminist’s guide to raising a little princess

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Unless we can retell the story in a relevant way, let’s put Cinderella to rest. By Devorah Blanchor

November 7, 2017 Books, Culture

Shonda Rhimes on the greeting cards mothers really need

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I don’t think it ever occurred to me how much and how often women are praised for displaying traits that basically render them invisible. By Shonda Rhimes

October 17, 2017 Books, Culture

I’m the one who got away: an author Q&A

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Motherwell interviews Andrea Jarrell about her debut memoir, which touches on themes of motherhood, desire and vulnerability.

August 22, 2017 Books

What Jennifer Senior thinks we need to be happier parents

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The author of All Joy and No Fun talks to Motherwell about parental anxiety, adolescence, and what she regrets about her bestselling book.
By Rebecca Gale

April 20, 2017 Books

The myth of co-parenting

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It made me spitting mad, the way the daily duties of parenting and home ownership began to rest entirely on me.
By Hope Edelman

January 19, 2017 Books, Parenting Challenges

A few of Motherwell’s favorite parenting books

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Our carefully curated selection of must-read parenting books from the last few years.
By Lauren Apfel

December 12, 2016 Books

Motherwhelmed: the art, science and mysteries of motherhood

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Motherwhelmed is a graphic memoir about the tumultuous first years of a new mother’s life.
By Jessica Carew Kraft

November 15, 2016 Books

What the Dutch can teach us about our daughters and sex

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While American parents are talking to their daughters about the risks of sex, the Dutch are talking about the joys of intimacy.
By Peggy Orenstein

October 10, 2016 Books, Culture

Girls & Sex, a review

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Peggy Orenstein’s Girls & Sex is a deftly executed, non-judgemental cultural commentary on the complexities of female adolescent sexuality.
By Lauren Apfel

October 7, 2016 Books

Measuring the baby’s ears

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My unborn kid had a 1 in 214 chance of having Down syndrome. Those seemed like pretty good odds.
By Amy Silverman

August 30, 2016 Books, Parenting Challenges

The Gift of Failure: an author Q&A

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Jessica Lahey’s book is an incisive and eye-opening read on the pitfalls of modern-day overparenting.
By Randi Olin

August 22, 2016 Books, Culture

Mama’s old-school parenting

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Without saying so, Mama let us know we kids could sometimes rock her world, but we couldn’t be her world.
By Ylonda Gault Caviness

August 1, 2016 Books

Poor Your Soul: a Q&A

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What makes this an exceptional book is that it always steers its eye away from self-pity and toward a greater understanding of love and acceptance.
Abigail Rasminsky and Mira Ptacin

June 6, 2016 Books

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