Articles Tagged with #parenting
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Every Unhappy Family
Girl With the Old English Tattoo
A court order is found buried in a desk. A private detective is hired. But tracking down a doppelgänger is not the same as confronting one.
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The Arts Desk
Let It Stop
Disney’s Frozen juggernaut has been criticized for “sexy walking.” But the roots of what’s wrong lie in Midwestern pageants, not hip-hop videos.
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Personal Histories
A Country’s Width
Years go by easier when there are 2,000 miles separating a father and son. Then an American flag turns up in your lap.
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Our Passions, Our Day Jobs
Essaying Through Life
A youthful pledge to become an essayist gets lost.
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Personal Histories
The Illuminated
A family that relies on the satisfactions of the logical—calculus, physics, chemistry—finds itself haunted by ghosts.
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The Unexpected
A Man Enough
Eventually a man who’s always in motion, always fixing something, will stop. Decline of the patriarch reveals an entire family’s vulnerability.
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Dispatches
Read It Again, Dad
Good books are frequently credited with being worth reading twice. But when was the last time anyone had time for that?
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Adventures in Parenting
No Blanket Left Behind
Across generations, when children can’t find their comfort objects—usually soft toys like blankets or favorite stuffed animals—all hell breaks loose.
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The Unexpected
After Birth
A home birth begets a crash course in DIY medical waste disposal.
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Personal Essays
White Rabbit
When illness erases the fine line between love and obsession.
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Ghost Writing
Do Not Endure Verbal, Emotional, or Physical Abuse
Offered an opportunity to help a father reach out to his young daughter, a writer agrees to assist. But the challenge isn’t as simple as grammar and commas.
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The Family That Texts Together
Send, Dad
Ever since my dad got an iPad last year, he sees it fit to multitask: Read an article, and text me about it.