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Robot moms, the caregiver as hero, and saying goodbye
Nov 2
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Emily F. Popek
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October 2024
Hair and teeth
The things we keep, and the things we cannot keep
Oct 19
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Emily F. Popek
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September 2024
We're all in this freakout together
Carla Naumburg's 'How To Stop Freaking Out' is a funny, down-to-earth survival guide for kids with big feelings
Sep 12
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Emily F. Popek
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Carla Naumburg
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August 2024
Is it even OK to have children?
Anastasia Berg and Rachel Wiseman's “What Are Children For? On Ambivalence and Choice," helps us ask the questions we're afraid to ask about becoming…
Aug 22
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Emily F. Popek
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Is it even OK to have children?
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July 2024
What more could boys be?
Ruth Whippman's 'BoyMom' urges us to push past the narrowness of the patriarchy to imagine richer lives for our boys and men.
Jul 11
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Emily F. Popek
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Ruth Whippman
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June 2024
Subscriber bonus: 'Inside Out 2' chat
Emily chats with Dr. Eileen Kennedy-Moore of 'Dr. Friendtastic' and Cindy Marie Jenkins of Outthink Media about Pixar's 'Inside Out 2' in this special…
Jun 21
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Emily F. Popek
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Eileen Kennedy-Moore, PhD
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'Care' is not a four-letter word
Elissa Strauss' 'When You Care' celebrates the richness of caregiving and urges us to recognize its value
Jun 18
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Emily F. Popek
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'Care' is not a four-letter word
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'There was no bridge'
In 'They Came For the Schools,' Mike Hixenbaugh gives a behind-the-scenes look at how national politics around equity tore apart the community of…
Jun 3
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Emily F. Popek
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'There was no bridge'
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May 2024
No, I don't want to hire my kid
Parenting PR Pitches of Doom: A series
May 27
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Emily F. Popek
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Filling in the gaps of our broken system
Jessica Calarco helps us ungaslight ourselves in 'Holding It Together," a deep dive into the labor that's expected of American women.
May 13
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Emily F. Popek
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April 2024
She wears short skirts, I wear T-shirts
Meditations on mothering a tweenage Swiftie
Apr 15
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Emily F. Popek
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March 2024
The things a bullet journal can't fix
In 'Everyone But Myself,' Julie Chavez asks, what if I treated myself with the same love and care I show to everyone else in my life?
Mar 4
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Emily F. Popek
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