Motherhood, Individuality, and a Life in Full Color
The demands of raising children can lead to a disturbing erasure of visible personality. Exhibit A: an annual trip. The children’s various […]
Women in Combat: So Equal It Hurts
The presupposition of much of our public discourse is that radical and absolute equality between the sexes is not only possible but, […]
A Lively Conversation on the Catholic Current
Earlier this month, I had the great pleasure of conversing of an hour with the sharp-as-a-tack Fr. McTeigue of the Society of […]
When Raising Kids, Sometimes Less Really is More
Writing at the Federalist recently, I offered some thoughts on a study from earlier this year on the rise of mental disorders […]
The Wrath of a Housewife Spurned
The stay-at-home mother is considered maximally flexible. What could she possibly have going on? This total flexibility is quickly filled up with […]
Julie Phillips’ “The Baby on the Fire Escape”: Incomplete Thoughts on Motherhood and Art
If you talk to enough women who are fascinated by the interplay between motherhood and creative endeavors, you will get the recommendation […]
A Catholic Take on the Declining Birth Rate
In the realm of doing things that make you uncomfortable, we can add live radio to the list. I had the pleasure […]
The Serenity of Properly Calibrated Expectations
“The old painters, however diverse their ideas in other matters, all fixed upon one quality as proper to the pattern of Mother. […]
The Seeming Impossibility of Motherhood: Letting Go While Still Entwined
Our children are just coming to the age when everything depends on my efforts. They are delicate in health, and nervous and […]
“Gift from the Sea,” Grace, and a Woman at Peace with Herself
The source of our agitation is rarely external. We want badly to believe that someone else bears the blame for our sour […]