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 […]
What to Read to Children: Finding Book Recommendations in Unlikely Places
What you read as a child (whether read aloud to you or read to yourself) says a lot about who you are. […]
Layaway vs. Afterpay: Thinking about How to Effectively Incentivize Ourselves
When was the last time you heard about someone putting something on layaway? It used to be that stores advertised the option […]
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 […]
“A Dog Who Follows Gladly”: Children’s Fable and a Fine Introduction to Stoicism
What a happy discovery to find Stoic Simple, the work of Phil Van Treuren. I have written before about my love of […]
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 […]
A Loneliness so Profound that We Have Lost the Name
In her retelling of Greek myths collected in “The Beautiful Stories of Life,” Newberry-winning author Cynthia Rylant offers some food for thought. […]
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. […]
Barbara Pym’s “Excellent Women” and Recollecting the Differences between Men and Women
“But perhaps Rockingham with his love of Victoriana also enjoyed cooking, for I had observed that men did not usually do things […]