This fictional character I admire so much had a bad day as a mom, too. And like me, she owned it. She admitted fault. And she apologized to her daughters for her behavior. “Stop yelling at me,” I shouted. “I won’t be yelled at!” My 10-year-old daughter made a sound between a growl and […]
The U.S. president’s behavior is often at odds with the values we are working to instill in our children. So how do we explain Trump to our kids? In her new book, How Do I Explain This to My Kids: Parenting in the Age of Trump, child psychologist Dr. Ava Siegler brings together stories by authors and […]
What I hope for my daughters—for young women everywhere— is an authentic experience of sexuality, free from self-consciousness, shame, or violation. When Ariana Grande and Miley Cyrus sang together at One Love Manchester, an all-star benefit for victims of the May 22 terrorist attack, they showed tenderness instead of hotness, a shift from their usual […]
Do you have a burning question about pregnancy, modern parenting, or family life? Send it to Evie at AskEvieColumn@gmail.com or click here to submit your question anonymously. Dear Evie, What do you do when your husband, father of your child, love of your life, is not the role model you would like for your preteen son? […]
Though the majority of our friends and family support our decisions, we lack for role models in our own genders. I long to confide in women who took the career path, but can still only lean in so far. One thing I’ve learned after 10 years as a college professor is that teaching tends to […]
Our rules, even those seemingly feminist, defining what constitutes a ‘respectable woman’ only reinforce women and girls’ status as sex objects. In a recent interview with NME magazine Rihanna distanced herself from Taylor Swift and the singer’s good-girl image saying, “In my mind, she’s a role model, I’m not.” The words have social media discussing whether or not […]
Wonder Woman’s influence on my self-esteem as a child and my future aspirations cannot be undervalued. I have no memory of doing so, but my mother said that I, at age 5, asked her, “Why don’t I have blonde hair and blue eyes?” Perhaps I’d been swayed by my Barbie dolls, by certain Disney princesses, by […]
