“This is what parents do -- what all of us do, in fact, when we're at our unrivaled best. We bind ourselves… — Jennifer Senior Love Copy Share Image
“Alas, that’s what adulthood is supposed to be about: “an overcoming” or (better yet) “a disciplining of a developmentally appropriate insanity.” — Jennifer Senior Adulthood Copy Share Image
“ERIK ERIKSON, ONE OF the most innovative psychoanalysts of the twentieth century, wrote about these moments of existential review in his work… — Jennifer Senior Human life Copy Share Image
“Over time, researchers who look at the adolescent brain have therefore alighted on a variety of metaphors and analogies to describe their… — Jennifer Senior Science Copy Share Image
“And how long an activity lasts seems to have little influence on our recollections at all—two weeks of vacation, Kahneman noted in… — Jennifer Senior Memory Copy Share Image
“Complicating matters, adolescent brains are more susceptible to substance abuse and dependence than adult brains, because they’re making so many new synaptic… — Jennifer Senior Substance abuse Copy Share Image
“They also create wormholes in time, transporting their mothers and fathers back to feelings and sensations they haven't had since they themselves… — Jennifer Senior Children Copy Share Image
“...as Dr. Spock points out, raising happy children is an elusive aim compared to the more concrete aims of parenting in the… — Jennifer Senior Child Copy Share Image
“Making matters worse, the prefrontal cortex, the part of the brain that governs so much of our higher executive function—the ability to… — Jennifer Senior First time Copy Share Image
“researchers have discovered that adolescents do not walk around with a defect that prevents them from properly assessing risk. B. J. Casey,… — Jennifer Senior Risk Copy Share Image
“But here’s the thing,” says Paul. “I would bet that if someone did a study and asked, ‘Okay, your kid’s three, rank… — Jennifer Senior Daily life Copy Share Image
“We long for experiences “of profound connection with others,” he writes, “of deep understanding of natural phenomena, of love, of being profoundly… — Jennifer Senior Ancient greek Copy Share Image
“It’s a heady question, how women balance these concerns. Recently, the question has found its way back to the center of a… — Jennifer Senior Books Copy Share Image
“That women bring home the bacon, fry it up, serve it for breakfast, and use its greasy remains to make candles for… — Jennifer Senior Family Copy Share Image
