Families and Family Life

Opinion | Three Child-Free Women Swap Mothers for a Day

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Opinion | Three Child-Free Women Swap Mothers for a Day

I’m a woman who has never wanted children. For years, the person who had the hardest time accepting that was my mother. Since two of my closest friends also chose a child-free life, I came up with a small experiment: We swapped moms. Each of us sat down for an open conversation not with our … Read more

‘The Interview’: Dr. Lindsay Gibson on ‘Emotionally Immature’ Parents

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‘The Interview’: Dr. Lindsay Gibson on ‘Emotionally Immature’ Parents

We live in a culture permeated by therapy, one in which people are eager to apply psychotherapeutic concepts to themselves and their closest relationships. That includes, naturally, the relationship with our parents. But the desire to understand the hows and whys of our parents’ emotional influence is hardly new. Indeed, a classic poem by Philip … Read more