Wishing there were more children's books like 'The Snowy Day' is a bit like wishing there were more grownup books like 'Anna… — Rumaan Alam Books Copy Share Image
I didn't know, at 22, that everything that happens to you, the good stuff as well as the less-good stuff, accrues and… — Rumaan Alam Becomes Copy Share Image
I have a theory that because my kitchen is small, you can't preheat an oven and deal with dough at the same… — Rumaan Alam Bad Copy Share Image
My husband and I adopted our children through a private agency, Spence-Chapin Services to Families and Children. As a nonprofit organization, it… — Rumaan Alam Children Copy Share Image
The cultural conversation around privilege has grown vibrant enough that the ultimate privilege is to just ignore it altogether. Some decry this… — Rumaan Alam Communication Copy Share Image
I know I've had a charmed experience of being a parent, with healthy kids, a helpful partner, access to good day care,… — Rumaan Alam Day Copy Share Image
This tension between ambition and parenthood, that's not a reckoning that many men face. There are plenty of men who say, 'Oh,… — Rumaan Alam Ambition Copy Share Image
One of the many American ideals that make no sense at all is that we're all a million rugged individualists marching in… — Rumaan Alam American Copy Share Image
I am a binge reader, with a tendency to throw myself at a writer, immerse myself in their work. — Rumaan Alam Am Copy Share Image
Summer is meant to be for travel, for exploration, for leisure, but sometimes budgets and schedules dictate otherwise. — Rumaan Alam Exploration Copy Share Image
I married the man I love when the state of California said I could. We made a family through adoption, as New… — Rumaan Alam Adoption Copy Share Image
It's my own personal hang-up, but I find adults who are picky eaters to be the worst. I don't mean food allergies… — Rumaan Alam Dinner party Copy Share Image
Because the designers at Baby Gap and Crew Cuts have determined it would be cute if kids dressed like their dads, seemingly… — Rumaan Alam American Copy Share Image
When my husband and I first became parents, we joked that our chubby baby was destined to grow into an Alex P.… — Rumaan Alam Brooklyn Copy Share Image
I am not anti-Internet, and I don't think smart phones are a social ill. — Rumaan Alam I am Copy Share Image
It comforts the adult conscience to remember that, amid history's grave injustices, there were still great lives. — Rumaan Alam Conscience Copy Share Image
Parenting is love, sure, but it's as much about receiving love as it is giving it. Parenthood is a kind of vanity. — Rumaan Alam About Copy Share Image
Everyone on Twitter - everyone on the Internet - seems so damn certain. Brevity doesn't allow for nuance, and it's a nice… — Rumaan Alam Brevity Copy Share Image
The culture looms much larger than you do as a parent, and one can hardly rely on the culture to impart the… — Rumaan Alam Culture Copy Share Image
Children's books deal in idealized worlds, so they're a document of how our notion of ideal worlds has changed over time. — Rumaan Alam Books Copy Share Image
Parenting advice is mostly useless because every family is uniquely its own; artistic advice is mostly useless because every artist works in… — Rumaan Alam Advice Copy Share Image
I'm a square. I always wanted the standard-issue American dream: beautiful home, loving husband, couple of kids. I met another square, and… — Rumaan Alam American dream Copy Share Image
By a considerable margin, my family's largest-ever financial expenditure was the adoption of our two sons. — Rumaan Alam Family Copy Share Image
