Why I am not an online parent
2 years, 6 months ago

Why I am not an online parent

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You know how in the old war movies a man would take a photograph out of his wallet and show the hero a picture of his girlfriend or his kids, and in the next scene he would be killed, thus giving the hero the emotional coherence and rage he didn’t have until then? All this to say that thanks to my not very clearly thought through personal resolution and the pandemic, a significant part of my young children’s lives has been highly documented—but shared only with their grandparents. Or suddenly address their toy elephant by your long-forgotten, ex-boyfriend’s name and there’s no one else in the playground, so you know this is the climax of a haunted-child horror movie. Old enough to know that I may not love my friends’ children.

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A guide to parenting in the digital age
9 months, 3 weeks ago

A guide to parenting in the digital age

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It’s an odd choice of TV show to get parenting advice from, but one of my favourite moments during the first season of the spy thriller Mr and Mrs Smith is when Jane Smith starts talking to a man and his young son, immersed in his phone, at a bar. In her book, a guide to being a parent while …

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