In defense of helicopter parents: Why we're right to be anxious
by Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times— This column is the latest in a series on parenting children in the final years of high school, “Emptying the Nest.” Read the previous installment, about relearning how to be alone at home, here. I recently saw a headline in the New York Times that I thought was the answer to my prayers: “Anxious Parents Are the Ones Who Need Help.” Yes, please, I thought, hoping to find acknowledgment of all the very real forces that can turn any parent into an anxious mess. Things like school shootings,...
POLITICO—Noem: ‘They’re just attacking me like crazy right now.’. The South Dakota governor has come under intense criticism for her decision to shoot and kill her dog 20 years ago.
The Guardian—Activists march for immigrant rights in Wisconsin: ‘We’re making this country strong’. Focus of rally went beyond immigration, to fear of authoritarianism, as Trump held campaign event nearbyLed by a mariachi band, hundreds of demonstrators on Wednesday morning marched across Milwaukee to the Fiserv Forum – the home of the Milwaukee Bucks and, in July, the venue of the Republican national convention.The rally, organized by the immigrant and workers’ rights group Voces de la Frontera, is an annual event, but in 2024 it holds particular weight. The focus of the rally extended beyond...
The Guardian—In Portugal, we’re celebrating 50 years of freedom. So why is the far right creeping back?. Today, we remember the 1974 Carnation Revolution. But as memories of dictatorship fade, anti-democratic forces are on the riseFifty years ago, on 25 April 1974, a military-led movement in Portugal took down the rightwing authoritarian regime that had governed the country for 41 years. The Carnation Revolution, named after the flowers people offered soldiers on the streets, led the country to democracy and an era of immense social progress – reducing infant mortality and illiteracy rates, for...