Parenting sons in an era of flailing masculinity
Elizabeth Grace Matthew
Elizabeth Grace Matthew works in higher education. She holds a B.A. in English literature from the University of Pennsylvania, an M.A. in English literature from Penn State University, and an Ed.D. in educational leadership from St. Joseph’s University in Philadelphia.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Review: Debunking marriage myths
Why would you get married? In his new book, ‘Get Married: Why Americans Must Defy the Elites, Forge Strong Families, and Save Civilization,’ Brad Wilcox argues that civilization itself depends upon convincing more Americans to tie the knot.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Review: ‘Escape to Florence’ is a refreshingly apolitical novel in our hyper-politicized age
‘Escape to Florence’ stays within the bounds of its own story: the intimate and historical particulars of dual love stories, and the rich Italian backdrop against which both are set.
Posted inArts & Culture, Ideas
The Case Against ‘Dead Poets Society’
Mr. Keating and his real-life counterparts now dominate secondary and post secondary education. That’s a problem.
Posted inFeatures, Politics & Society
Could a smartphone destroy my child’s soul? A technological examination of conscience for parents
Technology is undeniably part of our lives. But when should it be introduced to children, used in schools or integrated into their social lives?
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
Motherhood is not a hobby: A Catholic mom responds to comedian Chelsea Handler
Comedian Chelsea Handler proudly champions her childfree lifestyle. But for Catholics, parenthood is not simply a lifestyle choice and has less to do with happiness than with purpose.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Review: The sexual revolution has hurt both men and women. Where do we go from here?
Louise Perry’s argument against the sexual revolution raises a difficult question for readers: Given the fraught situation in which the sexual revolution has left many women and men, where do we go from here?
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Review: Motherhood and the impossibility of perfect work-life balance
Lara Bazelon’s ‘Ambitious Like a Mother’ raises (perhaps unintentionally) some interesting questions about gender, work, family and ambition—and how individual women (and men) who are blessed with options might want that four-way intersection to look.
Posted inArts & Culture, Television
‘Sex and the City’ didn’t change. We did.
HBO’s “And Just Like That,” like “Sex and the City” before it, is an exaggerated funhouse mirror of its viewers’ world.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Review: How to apply principles of economics to parenting
Emily Oster’s new book wades through the data on questions relevant to many parents of school-age kids. But the book is less about the data itself and more about how to frame decisions on these topics and others in the most effective, logical and efficient way.