Hidden in Plain Sight
How sex abuse has gone undetected inside Australia’s childcare sector.
Virginia Tapscott
· 12 min read
Parenting
A collection of 9 posts
Podcast #281: Making the Case for ‘Free-Range Parenting’
Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay speaks with author and TED Talker Lenore Skenazy, whose campaign to give children more opportunities for independent play and learning once earned her the title of ‘America’s Worst Mother.’
Jonathan Kay, Quillette
· 1 min read
Strong Like Teen Spirit
Parents should be more courageous in trusting adolescents’ capacity for joy and resilience.
Marilyn Simon
· 9 min read
Care Feminism vs Career Feminism: Quillette Cetera Episode 20
In a culture obsessed with girlbosses, this young mother wants us to see the value of women's work in the home.
Zoe Sankey
· 1 min read
The Rise of Father Absence and Its Attendant Social Ills
Fatherless children are at higher risk of delinquency that undermines their own prospects and disrupts the communities in which they reside.
David C. Geary
· 12 min read
Learning to Forgive the Father I Never Met—and the Mother He Seduced
My mother could always sense the difference, the alienation, between me and my father. It’s not that we didn’t get along. It’s just that there was almost nothing there—nothing in common. He was American football, girls, tailgating, hunting, the Air Force, that one story about being
Nick Comilla
· 18 min read
‘Taking Cara’ Business: A New Mom’s Anxious Glimpse Into the World of Baby-Sleep Consultants
Being a new mom who wanted the best for my child, I felt anxious about having fallen into what I was told was suboptimal behaviour.
Tara Nykyforiak
· 8 min read
Do Parents Make a Difference? — A Public Debate in London
Plomin made it clear he wasn’t claiming genetic differences accounted for all the differences in how children turn out.
Toby Young
· 10 min read
The Saving Power in Danger
Even the most dangerous things hold enormous potential to save lives.
Michael Shellenberger
· 10 min read