Word: affectionateness
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On Aug. 31, the "people's princess" had been finishing up her fourth luxury vacation in less than two months. This came after a year in which, among many other things, she also came under attack for meddling in politics, ordering an assault on a photographer and forcing the removal...
Boyhood is unusual not only in style, but in motive as well. While most writers of memoirs blame their parents for turning them into screw-ups, Coetzee takes a decidely unconventional turn. The young Coetzee resents his privilege. At school, he is the model student, finishing first in all his...
Sure, the women to whom I talked wanted love and affection in their lives, but they realized that marriage was simply a societal construct, not a prerequisite to a fulfilling relationship. Cotton never successfully answers any of the questions he sparks in the reader's head: So when the love...
Weaken family ties? But aren't they the glory of our daily existence, one of life's great spiritual rewards? Guess again. In Bowen's view, the emotions that govern family life are often tools of self-interest. Sometimes this is obvious--for example, in an outburst of anger or...
So how do you live with your choice? Kramer's approach draws heavily on the notion of "differentiation of self," developed by the late family therapist Murray Bowen. A person with high differentiation of self is secure--not desperate for signals of approval and affection from others, and thus not...