When I was a kid, my mother's parenting style teetered between benign neglect and intense bouts of violence.
Ariel GoreA lot of positive psychology is stuck in being the psychology of privilege, and I reject that.
Ariel GoreMy own habit had always been to write about the things that ticked me off in a given day. If I kept a journal at all, I kept it to vent.
Ariel GoreI'm sure there were plenty of loving, attentive mothers in the 'me generation,' but none of them lived at my house.
Ariel Gore