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‘Motherhood is an obliteration of the self,’
Diana Evans • Ordinary People: Shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2019
Winnicott’s crucial insight was that the parents’ agony was coming from a particular place: excessive hope. Their despair was a consequence of a cruel and counterproductive perfectionism. To help them reduce this, Winnicott developed a charming phrase: ‘the good enough parent’. No child, he insisted, needs an ideal parent. They just need an OK,
... See moreAlain De Botton • The School of Life: An Emotional Education
He was going to tell her everything she needed to know, because she was strong and good.
Diana Evans • Ordinary People: Shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2019
Twenty years ago, Allison Pearson wrote a groundbreaking book that held up a mirror to the life of that exhausted modern mammal, the working mum, and she felt seen and heard. Written as a comedy, much of it was desperately sad. Within weeks, it was on every bestseller list.
The bitter irony was that in the midst of... See more
instagram.comAt some point while I was trying to write a dissertation as a parent of a preschooler and an infant, I attended a workshop from which I remember exactly one thing: Touch Your Project Every Day. We all lead busy lives, one of the organizers explained, and it can be difficult to find long stretches of time to focus and work through such a large and... See more
Sara Fredman • "I Had to Come to Terms With the Fact That Kids Are Interesting"
Allison’s mom, Betty, who seemed proud of Jane in a way her own mother was not.
J. Courtney Sullivan • The Cliffs: Reese's Book Club: A novel
precocious.