Jake Halpern’s Op-Ed in the New York Times: My Teenage Son Thinks the World Is Falling Apart. I’ve Changed How I Talk to Him About It

My Teenage Son Thinks the World Is Falling Apart. I’ve Changed How I Talk to Him About It.

Within our marriage, my wife and I have a clash of cultures, which means we talk to our kids quite differently about the state of the world and its future. We play somewhat typecast roles. I’m the upbeat dad from America; she’s the no-nonsense mom from Poland. We’ve created two different schools of child-rearing; it’s pretty much Disney versus the Iron Curtain.

My wife, Kasia, handles hardship better than I do. In general, she is very at ease when discussing the morbid, the poignant and the tragic. You might say this is her native habitat.

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