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Category Archive: Culture

I’m a Google executive. This is why I advocate low tech for my kids.

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Our children’s immature brains do not stand a chance against the sophisticated algorithm we designed to hook users. By Eva Tsai

June 2, 2021 Culture, Parenting Challenges

Q&A: You Don’t Have to Be Everything

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Talking to Diana Whitney about her collection of poems for girls becoming themselves. By Daisy Florin

May 13, 2021 Books, Culture

After years of rejecting a beauty regime, this is why I finally embraced one

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My mother was praised her whole life for her beauty; I preferred praise for my mind. By Emily Franklin

May 5, 2021 Culture, Parenting Challenges

8 books to teach and inspire kids to become politically engaged

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Reading, Toni Morrison said, is political action in and of itself. By Olivia Watson

March 11, 2021 Books, Culture

Women and caregiving in the pandemic, there’s hope on the other side

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We didn’t ask for this new life, this set of unattainable demands and responsibilities. By Karen Paul

March 4, 2021 Culture, Parenting Challenges

Why is the cost of college so expensive?

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Many of us are or will be paying more for our children’s college education than our parents did for ours, what or who is actually responsible? By Ron Lieber

February 17, 2021 Books, Culture

I was pregnant when I confronted sexual violence for the first time

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It took growing another being inside of me—becoming two—to learn to truly stand up for myself. By Rebecca Kling

February 10, 2021 Culture

My guy friend grabbed my butt, what should I have done?

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I’ve been told more times than I can count not to make a big deal out of things, that the man was only kidding. By Corie Adjmi

February 2, 2021 Culture

Watching Bridgerton with my daughter was worth the embarrassment

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Viewing the show together became a rite of passage for both of us. By Lori Tucker-Sullivan

January 27, 2021 Culture, Parenting Challenges

How to empower our daughters to find pleasure

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It’s your vagina, you’re allowed to love it all you want. By Ellen Hagan

January 25, 2021 Culture, Parenting Challenges

A mother’s need for control in a pandemic

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I repeatedly suggest that my daughter Zooms or FaceTimes more often, but she gets annoyed. “Mom, I know what I need.” By Laura G. Owens

January 21, 2021 Culture

What it means to be a teacher right now

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The temperature hovers near forty degrees. More than a dozen children stand with me in a haphazard circle in the playground. By Megan Sager

January 18, 2021 Culture

This is what happened when my husband wouldn’t do the dishes

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Regardless of who works outside of the home, men do less housework than women. And COVID has made the imbalance worse. By Molly Winter

January 13, 2021 Culture, Parenting Challenges

Here’s to hope, and hugging my grown son this year

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I wonder if this is the year I’ll get to invite my son inside. By Kathi Valeii

January 11, 2021 Culture, Family

How to mother a daughter when you have food issues

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There are few things I take genuine pleasure in, and one of those is eating. But what message does that send my daughter? By Jennifer Furner

December 28, 2020 Culture, Parenting Advice, Parenting Challenges

Winter is the best time for reading, especially now

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Here are some great ideas for how parents can help encourage their kids to read. By Lisseth Aizpurua

December 16, 2020 Books, Culture, Parenting Advice

My daughter has become more needy in the pandemic

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“I’m scared!” she refuses to go upstairs alone. “Sit next to me,” she pleads from the couch. “Closer,” then clings to my arm. By Jennifer Alessi

December 14, 2020 Culture, Family

Walking with my child through the pandemic

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Now it is deep into fall and all I know is this: he sleeps late, he is very tall, and sometimes he still wants to walk with me. By Gretchen Michelfeld

December 9, 2020 Culture, Family

The pandemic made me a private school mom

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We’re not cut from private school cloth, but we’d also reached our breaking point. By Amy Paturel

December 7, 2020 Culture, Parenting Challenges

The world felt out of control. So I became PTA Secretary.

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When I was younger, there were life choices I viewed as a certain death of the soul. Now I’m the owner of a Honda Odyssey and parent to three kids. By Cara McDonough

December 3, 2020 Culture, Family

Why holiday food donations are so important to me

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My family used to be just like the ones who are going to benefit from the food drive at my children’s school. By Megan Hanlon

November 24, 2020 Culture, Parenting Challenges

This is Jeopardy! How Alex Trebek influenced my mother’s life

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While life had taken people from her, Alex was dependable, he showed up every Monday through Friday. By Felicia Scarangello

November 19, 2020 Culture

This week in parenting: November 13, 2020

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Your Pandemic Stories, Jill Biden to Keep Working, How to Help Kids With Strong Emotions, and more.

November 13, 2020 Books, Culture, Parenting Advice

10 ways parents have grown in the pandemic

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Parenting, relationships, work-life balance. Here are your stories (in 100 words or less) about what you’ve learned in the pandemic.

November 10, 2020 Culture

Celebrating half birthdays matters now more than ever

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We sat together and sang and laughed and forgot for the moment what was happening in the world around us. By Amy Litzenblatt

November 5, 2020 Culture

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