What If We Cared About Care? with Elissa Strauss

The Mother of it All

What if we considered care to be a sacred practice? What if the everyday tasks of parenting were backtracked by the dramatic score of the British Baking Show? Elissa Strauss, author of When You Care: Unexpected Magic of Caring for Others joins Sarah and Miranda to mull over what it would mean to value care as a society and in our personal lives. We talk about trusting others with your children, why it’s so fraught to admit you like being a parent, alloparents, the Hero’s Journey, and kids singing Lean on Me. Plus, Elissa gives us some free couples therapy!

Links

* Elissa Strauss’s Substack, When You Care

* Elissa’s Slate Piece: It’s a Weird Time to Be a Happy Mom

* Economist Nancy Folbre

* A Thousand and One Movie

* The Care Justice Movement

* Alloparenting

* Rosalynn Carter

* Sarah Blaffer Hrdy

Culture Recs

* Young Sheldon

* The Golden Spoon

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