Naperville Musings

Amy Chua's 'Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother' detonated a parenting debate in 2011. What the research on authoritarian vs authoritative parenting says.

Valentine's Day is a floor, not a ceiling. What actually sustains love: appreciation, attention, repair, and affection -- practiced every day.

Beyond romance: why the quality of your relationships -- with parents, children, friends, colleagues -- predicts the quality of your life.

Diwali, Thanksgiving, Christmas: how desi families in America negotiate two cultural calendars and end up creating a third one.

The crisis is over; the harder work begins. On resisting the rush to restore, and asking after the storm not where we were, but where we want to go.

Rather than complain or rather than complaining? A close look at one of English's most quietly misused phrases — and how to use it with precision.