“If we hadn’t demeaned parenthood in favor of elevating career-achievement to a quasi-religious cult, and if we hadn’t in effect become nomadic, rootless, individualistic, disruption-venerating, thrill-seeking strivers, we might have our priorities straight when it comes to what a good life, a happy life, and fulfilling life actually can be.”
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Read More“What’s changed? Lots. Teens living in the ever-darkening shadow of their phones; degrading misogynist, often racist and violent porn and rape-culture invading childhoods; disconnected online ‘life’; the continuing impact of divorce as a ‘normal’ event for millions of children; the well-known pathologies of our disgracefully failing educational system.”
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