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Do We Really Need More Motherhood Nightmare Movies?
My ambivalence about the miserable mom genre
Nov 24
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Elissa Strauss
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THE ROUND-UP: Quiz time!
How much do you know about the state of caregiving today?
Nov 17
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Elissa Strauss
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THE RESTACK: Parents and Caregivers Need Solitude Too
An excerpt from Nicole Graev Lipson
Nov 6
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Elissa Strauss
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October 2025
THE INTERVIEW: How to Care for Parents Who Don't Want Your Care
Caregiving whiz Barry J. Jacobs explains
Oct 30
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Elissa Strauss
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THE ESSAY: I Think I Might Be an "Intensive Parent"...
Here's why I am okay with it
Oct 24
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Elissa Strauss
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THE CONVERSATION: Join me and Nicole Graev Lipson for a Writing Workshop
How do we capture the fullness of motherhood without falling into the fairy tale or nightmare trap?
Oct 22
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Elissa Strauss
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THE ROUND-UP: Lilith Fair, Benson Boone, and Samin Nosrat
How to say care without saying care
Oct 17
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Elissa Strauss
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THE RESTACK: Why We Shouldn't Leave Men Out of the Fertility Decline Conversation
Darby Saxbe believes men might hold the key to increasing the birth rate
Oct 7
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Elissa Strauss
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September 2025
THE INTERVIEW: Can the Right and the Left Agree on Care?
A conversation with conservative family policy expert Patrick T. Brown
Sep 30
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Elissa Strauss
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THE ESSAY: Why Today's Self-help Culture Is So Weird
We don't know what the word "care" means
Sep 22
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Elissa Strauss
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THE ROUND-UP: Political Care Wins You May Have Missed
Some good news
Sep 15
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Elissa Strauss
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THE RESTACK: The Moral Argument for Fixing Child Care
Elliot Haspel examines the broken state of America’s child care system
Sep 8
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Elissa Strauss
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