Defining Diego is the story of one Guatemalan adoptee and his mother, a reporter who documented their journey from his earliest steps, as they try to understand how international adoption boomed and busted, and what it all means for families like theirs, with feet in two worlds. When Laurie Stern set out to adopt a baby from Guatemala in 1999, she thought the process would be pretty straightforward. Lots of people were doing it. But the adoption was held up just as she went to Guatemala to g ...
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Miranda and Sarah discuss Oliver Burkeman's book, Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals, and their own struggles with attention, loss, and letting go.
Links:
Olver Burkeman’s Four Thousand Weeks
Allison P Davis on friends with kids
Why I Don’t Feel Guilty for Not Playing with My Kids
Sarah’s parenting column, Good Enough Parent
Alison Gopnik What do Babies Think?
Judith Viorst’s Necessary Losses
The Happiness Project
Kid-culture Recs:
Harriet the Spy
Mac B Kid Spy
Project Runway Jr
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Content provided by Sarah and Miranda. All podcast content including episodes, graphics, and podcast descriptions are uploaded and provided directly by Sarah and Miranda or their podcast platform partner. If you believe someone is using your copyrighted work without your permission, you can follow the process outlined here https://player.fm/legal.
Miranda and Sarah discuss Oliver Burkeman's book, Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals, and their own struggles with attention, loss, and letting go.
Links:
Olver Burkeman’s Four Thousand Weeks
Allison P Davis on friends with kids
Why I Don’t Feel Guilty for Not Playing with My Kids
Sarah’s parenting column, Good Enough Parent
Alison Gopnik What do Babies Think?
Judith Viorst’s Necessary Losses
The Happiness Project
Kid-culture Recs:
Harriet the Spy
Mac B Kid Spy
Project Runway Jr
.
---
Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mother-culture-pod/message
This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit motherofitall.substack.com/subscribe
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