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Author: Amy Julia Becker

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The Questions Reshaping How I Parent Teenagers

  • Post published:September 4, 2025
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Parenting Feels Complicated In part because of working on Take the Next Step, and in part because of where we are in our family life, recently I’ve been thinking a…

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Read more about the article Autism is not a “horror show.”

Autism is not a “horror show.”

  • Post published:August 28, 2025
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President Trump referred to autism as a “horror show” in a televised cabinet meeting this week. The language we use to describe disability matters. Speaking in sweeping, negative terms doesn’t help anyone.…

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Read more about the article What if Dependence Is a Gift?

What if Dependence Is a Gift?

  • Post published:August 28, 2025
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Our limits may hold the secret to flourishing. • Before I get into this week’s message, I want to thank all of you who participated in choosing a logo for…

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I’m Glad I Made This Choice This Summer

  • Post published:August 17, 2025
  • Post category:Family
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A few months back, I was looking ahead at August and realized I didn’t have many plans. Two thoughts came to mind. I could set a goal of finishing the…

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Where Joy and Discomfort Meet

  • Post published:August 14, 2025
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I know many of you are already back to school, or close to it. Here in Connecticut, we still have a few weeks of summertime. Our kids are playing Monopoly…

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August 2025 | Things Worth Your Time

  • Post published:August 14, 2025
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Books, essays, podcasts episodes, and more that I think are worth your time, plus recent cultural news that I’m paying attention to… ESSAYS ESSAY: "Canada Is Killing Itself" This is…

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You Don’t Have to Climb Toward Hope

  • Post published:August 12, 2025
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“What if hope’s not a rope you hold on to? What if it’s the arms that have always held you?” My new favorite song is Ellie Holcomb’s “Hope’s Gonna’ Find…

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“Good Genes” and the Gift of Being Human

  • Post published:August 7, 2025
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What if the real beauty of humanity isn’t found in “good genes,” but in the people our culture is most inclined to screen out? Last week in the newsletter, I mentioned…

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Super Babies and the Cost of Control

  • Post published:August 5, 2025
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I recently read a Washington Post essay entitled “Inside the Silicon-Valley Push to Breed Super Babies.” It describes the latest technology to screen embryos for genetic differences, technology which claims…

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Read more about the article How Love Disrupts the Hierarchy
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How Love Disrupts the Hierarchy

  • Post published:July 31, 2025
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You may have noticed that I didn’t write a Substack last week. I took the week off because I was at Hope Heals Camp in Nauvoo, Alabama, with our family.…

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