The Never-Ending Wreckage of Growing Up Poor
December 19, 2017
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Today you’d probably lump me in with the middle class, but I carry some residue of having grown up poor. I work with people who work
Category: Relationships with Others
Feeling Naked
July 25, 2018
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When I was six years old, some moms took a bunch of us kids to the Santa Cruz Beach and Boardwalk, which was (in my
How to Parent CALMLY (and Raise Happier Kids) When You Have Childhood PTSD
May 1, 2018
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So many readers have written to me sharing their worries — and their success stories — around raising happy, healthy children despite having their own
Growing Up “Hippie Poor” vs. “Hillbilly Poor”:
March 12, 2018
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Recently I finished J.D. Vance’s excellent Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis, a book that’s part sociological analysis about poor
Charm School for Feral Girls
April 3, 2017
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One afternoon in the sixth grade, all the girls in my class were sent to the cafeteria for a special, one-time class whose topic was a secret. We’d
Poor Girl’s First Real Job (Ten Things I Learned as an Admin Assistant)
January 3, 2017
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When I was sixteen I interviewed for a job at McDonald’s and didn’t get it. Before that I’d worked as a phone solicitor and before