Sydney Taylor’s “All-of-a-Kind Family” and the marvelous art of storytelling
Our culture continues to suffer severe confusion when it comes to stories. We are trapped in a hellish, post-modern landscape in which […]
Toward order: Holly Pierlot’s “A Mother’s Rule of Life”
The movement from chaos to order is often not a decisive, once-and-for-all decision. Instead, there is a plodding course from disorder and […]
Shirley Jackson’s feminine intellect was not unique
The writing of American gothic extraordinaire Shirley Jackson has received renewed interest in recent years as critics have come to appreciate her […]
Practically Speaking: What to do when you’re angry
Women’s anger has become an influential commodity in the post-modern world. Measures of women’s happiness are declining decade over decade, and “liberated” […]
Marmee: the fictional patron saint of mothers with a temper
Many mothers attest to never having suffered a temper until having children. Something about the biological agitation and emotional intensity of motherhood […]
Mothers want to raise minors not be miners
No one is forcing mothers to spend time with their own children, but some of them might still enjoy the experience it […]
Susan Sowerby in The Secret Garden: the nurturing presence of a mother
Good mothers are hard to find in literature. Often, stories feature mothers who are deceased, a beatific light from afar, a selfless […]
Work: the great unifier
The Montessori educational philosophy presents an enlightening vision of who the child is and what he needs. From this perspective, the child’s […]
Mothers and work amid life
Many women feel strongly that children are an obstacle to their success. A fresh wave of proposed government handouts promise to once-and-for-all […]
The atomization of childhood and the sadness it brings
Not for long will our culture have to wonder what it’s like having no children. Large swaths of our demographic landscape are […]