A Country Called Childhood, by Jay Griffiths
Here you will find no specific admonitions about bedtimes or so-called attachment parenting, no bromides about nutrition.
Dec 2014
Articles by Andrew Solomon:
Most Recent Writings
Dec 2014
Far from the Tree
Love is ideally present unconditionally throughout the relationship between a parent and a child. But acceptance is something that takes time.
May 2014
The Stolen Generations
The fact that so many Indigenous children continue to be taken into care is deeply concerning – but there are no simple answers.
May 2014
Welcome to My Modern Family
My persistent dark fantasy was that I would have children and wouldn’t like them and would be stuck with them for the rest of my life.
Apr 2014
Honey Maid and the Business of Love
Andrew Solomon looks at Honey Maid’s new radical ad campaign and how the company responded to the negative reactions it sparked.
Mar 2014
Gay Marriage Has Changed How Others Treat Us
I cannot pretend that our life is the same and I cannot pretend that my children will never face prejudice, but I do feel, in both countries now, that we are being given ...
Jan 2014
Under Pressure
Review of ‘All Joy and No Fun,’ by Jennifer Senior.
Jun 2013
Falling in Love with Marriage
This fresh social justice is infusing the very air, and I am breathing it as though it were a new oxygen.
Apr 2013
One Mother Lost Both Her Children in Boston
The spectacle of Tamerlan and Dzhokhar is in many ways odious, but the spectacle of their mother is heartbreaking.
Apr 2013
Medical Progress, Social Progress, and Legal Regression
Choice strengthens families no matter what choice they make.
