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She wears short skirts, I wear T-shirts
Meditations on mothering a tweenage Swiftie
Apr 15, 2024
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Emily F. Popek
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She wears short skirts, I wear T-shirts
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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, 2024
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Emily F. Popek
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Ruth Whippman
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Completely Non-Specific Holiday Greetings From Your Child's School
Definitely NOT Christmas-related
Dec 5, 2024
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Emily F. Popek
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Completely Non-Specific Holiday Greetings From Your Child's School
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A figment of our imagination
Nancy Reddy's 'The Good Mother Myth' exposes the dubious origins of what we think we know about motherhood.
Jan 23
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Emily F. Popek
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Nancy Reddy
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A Nation At Risk From Itself
The power of bad ideas
Feb 8
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Emily F. Popek
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A Nation At Risk From Itself
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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, 2024
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Emily F. Popek
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Is it even OK to have children?
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Hair and teeth
The things we keep, and the things we cannot keep
Oct 19, 2024
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Emily F. Popek
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What price sleep?
Parenting PR Pitches of Doom: A Series
Jan 14, 2024
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Emily F. Popek
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What price sleep?
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Leaning into the things that spark awe
Deborah Farmer Kris and 'Raising Awe Seekers: How the Science of Wonder Helps Our Kids Thrive'
May 22
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Emily F. Popek
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Deborah Farmer Kris
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The pursuit of pleasure
Lisa A. Phillips' 'First Love' is a sweet, heartfelt and caring look at the love, like and lust lives of young people, and how adults can support them
Feb 12
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Emily F. Popek
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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, 2024
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Emily F. Popek
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Eileen Kennedy-Moore, PhD
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'This cooling seat wasn't made for me'
Mary Catherine Starr's 'Mom Life' comics take on the universality of the patriarchy, the false promise of flexible work, and the challenges of being the…
Oct 23, 2022
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Emily F. Popek
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'This cooling seat wasn't made for me'
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