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Carolyn Hax
Carolyn Hax

Carolyn Hax is an American writer renowned for her advice column in The Washington Post. Born on December 5, 1966, she has been offering relationship and life advice to readers for over two decades. Hax's columns are known for their insightful and often humorous take on a wide range of issues, from personal relationships to societal norms. more

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“There has been, for some reason (or more likely an unfortunate accumulation of reasons) a trend over the past several decades for parents to do the work of parenting in the isolation of their own homes - and not only that, this trend has overlapped with the other trend of much deeper parent involvement in raising kids. That you also represent trend No. 3, more people raising kids solo, has only exacerbated a close-to-no-win situation.”

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“For me, the greatest source of frustration was trying to work with a willful child when there was something else I wanted - say, to get the child to go to bed so I could have my own time. Just the promise of the time, and feeling that promise slip away, was enough to introduce a whole other element of stress into the encounter.”

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