Small Fry: Sunday Time's Best Memoirs of the Year
What My Parents Didn’t Do for Me
Clayton M. Christensen • How Will You Measure Your Life?
Stryker had been whelped a person on his own but Sunny had required something else, a recipe, to shape her personality, her own place in the world.
Marianne Wiggins • Properties of Thirst
Consider what it takes for a child to develop into a grown-up. We enter our lives in a state of utter dependence on adults. Eventually, God willing, we become adults ourselves, capable of navigating daily life on our own. The journey from the former to the latter, Gill told me, ought to be one of gradually expanding independence. Parents shouldn’t ... See more
The Atlantic • Cities Aren’t Built for Kids
Near the end of my internship, I was out in the playground helping a few kids dig a hole in the sand pit. One of the boys mentioned he’d gone out to eat with his family the night before. “What did you have for dinner?” I asked. “Arugula salad,” he replied. “But usually I get squid ink.” I didn’t know what surprised me more—the choice of food or the
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