Parenting and families
Childhood and adolescence
idea
At what point does the Santa myth become a harmful deception?
Exactly when and how children discover they’ve been duped makes an important difference to the revelatory experience
by Shayla Love
Fairness and equality
idea
Teaching self-confidence can backfire and perpetuate inequality
It’s true that self-confidence is beneficial, but the way in which it’s often taught is misguided and can be harmful
by Eddie Brummelman & Kelly Ziemer
Childhood and adolescence
guide
How to support kids to be brave
The desire to protect kids from uncomfortable situations is natural. But they need your help to grow into the unknown
by Sarah Rose Cavanagh
Habits and routines
film
As a bread baker, Harriet thrives in the day’s liminal hours
Directed by David Grabias
Parenting and families
idea
I’m childfree by choice. Should I feel guilty about ending my line?
My uterus is not my ancestors’ vessel for future progeny. What’s the impact of my choice on my family’s genetic lineage?
by Starre Vartan
Stories and literature
idea
Forget ‘Little Women’. How did girls learn to be grown women?
How might 19th-century novels for adolescent girls help us find healthier models of what it means to grow up female today?
by Julie Pfeiffer
Couples and family therapy
guide
How to survive and thrive through divorce
Take heart: there are ways to protect yourself and any children involved, and prepare for more joyful chapters ahead
by Lisa Herrick
Parenting and families
film
Ethan ponders his daughter’s future without him in this celebrated short
Directed by Ethan Barrett
Poetry
idea
A conversation with my spider Maman and Louise Bourgeois
Woman made of braided steel, monster I call Maman: why am I so scared of you? An imagined conversation with Louise Bourgeois
by Pascale Petit
Nature and the environment
idea
Grey whales taught me how to mother, how to endure, how to live
When I was in crisis, grey whales taught me how to mother and how to endure, till I could find my own paths through change
by Doreen Cunningham
Parenting and families
guide
How to talk to your children about sex
It’s not about one embarrassing ‘big talk’. Prepare and protect them by applying these basic principles early and often
by Eva Goldfarb
Parenting and families
film
Love is no simple thing for a mother and the daughter she raised alone
Directed by Ellie Wen