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Perspective: The young adults who are going ‘no contact’ with their parents

Sep 3, 2024 | yahoo.com | Naomi Riley

Naomi Schaefer RileySeptember 3, 2024 at 11:00 PM·5 min readEvery week, The Wall Street Journal features an interview with a celebrity about his or her childhood home and, by extension, his or her childhood. Actress Heather Graham recently described how her mother was supportive of her decision to go work in movies, but her father was not. And then she explains: “I stopped talking to my parents when I was 25, and I’m estranged from them now. My friends are proud of me, and I’m proud of myself.
What happens when every aspect of parenting is a choice?

Aug 24, 2024 | deseret.com | Naomi Riley

About 15 years ago, a good friend asked me how she would know she was ready to have kids. She worried at the time that she was not the kind of woman who swooned over small children. She felt none of the "baby lust" that her cohort seemed to exhibit. I assured her that you don't have to love all children to love your own.
What Happens When Every Aspect of Parenting Is a Choice?

Aug 24, 2024 | aei.org | Naomi Riley

About 15 years ago, a good friend asked me how she would know she was ready to have kids. She worried at the time that she was not the kind of woman who swooned over small children. She felt none of the “baby lust” that her cohort seemed to exhibit. I assured her that you don’t have to love all children to love your own.
The Perfect Trifecta

Jun 3, 2024 | quillette.com | Julia Friedman |Paul Berman |Damien Freeman |Naomi Riley

Over the last month, three apparently unrelated events have demonstrated that art featuring female nudity will get noticed regardless of its aesthetic bona fides or authorship. It does not matter if it comes from a prankster who stages ambush interviews for social-media consumption, a feminist whose earnest work is displayed in museums, or an OnlyFans model hijacking a public interactive installation.
The troubling world of 'unconventional' family planning

Mar 24, 2024 | deseret.com | Naomi Riley

Valerie Bauman wanted a baby, but wanted to do so by herself.
Travel Teams and Other Perils of Parenthood

Mar 17, 2024 | conservativereview.com | Naomi Riley
Travel Teams and Other Perils of Parenthood

Mar 17, 2024 | freebeacon.com | Naomi Riley

In a recent interview on NPR, a reporter asked a 20-year-old woman with sickle cell disease how she would feel about a new treatment on the market, noting that the side effects include hair loss and sterility.
A request for Taylor Swift: get married

Nov 29, 2023 | deseret.com | Naomi Riley

Two things happened to my youngest daughter this fall - she started sitting in the front seat of the car and she developed a taste for the music of Taylor Swift. You can see where this is going, I'm sure. Every weekend we drive around and I listen almost exclusively to the biggest pop star in the world. Unlike other people in my family, I have no strong feelings about Taylor. Except this one: I want her to get married soon.
Let's stop pretending that regular cannabis use is fine

Nov 5, 2023 | deseret.com | Naomi Riley

The challenges of being married to a drug addict seems like the subject for a sober article. But recently The New York Times decided to publish a lighthearted piece in its Style section on the topic. "Like many spouses, Kindred Sparks has a list of marital grievances. But hers are not like everyone else's," the article begins. "There was the time when her husband, Peter Pietrangeli, left an envelope with thousands of dollars in cash on the roof of his car and drove off.
The Political Is Personal

Oct 17, 2023 | aei.org | Naomi Riley

In Caitlin Shetterly’s recent novel, Pete and Alice in Maine, a New York City couple flees their home with their two young children in the early days of the pandemic. The timing is unfortunate, though, as Alice has recently discovered Pete’s infidelity. The book turns into a series of reflections by Alice about the impossibility of her situation. But soon her complaints start to take an everything-but-the-kitchen-sink tone.