Parvez ShaikhThe Key to a Good Parent-Child Relationship? Low Expectations.verified_publisherThe Atlantic - Arthur C. BrooksImperfect people can still enjoy a satisfying and healthy bond. “How to Build a Life” is a weekly column by Arthur Brooks, tackling questions of meaning and happiness. Click here to listen to his podcast series on all things happiness, How to Build a Happy Life. Young people “are high-minded, for …
Parvez ShaikhIt’s Your Friends Who Break Your Heartverified_publisherThe Atlantic - Jennifer SeniorThe older we get, the more we need our friends—and the harder it is to keep them. This article was featured in One Story to Read Today, a newsletter in which our editors recommend a single must-read from The Atlantic, Monday through Friday. Sign up for it here. It is an insolent cliché, almost, to …
Parvez ShaikhHappy alone: the young South Koreans embracing single lifeverified_publisherThe Guardian - Raphael Rashid in SeoulFrom honjok – taking part in activities alone – to bihon – pledging never to marry – a pushback against the traditional family unit is reshaping society Min Kyeong-seok is not shy about eating in restaurants alone, or staying in luxury hotels by himself, and shares his experiences online in his blog …
Parvez Shaikh‘All relationships begin with fantasy’: why young couples are seeking therapyverified_publisherThe Guardian - Beatrice HazlehurstTherapists are seeing a rise in clients under 30, signalling a shift to a ‘maintenance rather than crisis’ view of the practice Irene Wu, 28, and Dillon Tang, 24, hadn’t been together a year when they first started couples therapy. The couple, from Los Angeles, started seeing each other in the early …
Parvez ShaikhThe secret to having more meaningful conversationsverified_publisherQuartz - Lila MacLellanAt some point in 2020, a kind of pandemic-era small talk started to emerge. “How about this weather?” turned into “Crazy times, huh?” The rather American “What do you do?” morphed into “Do you work from home?” Superficial chitchat—a custom as ancient as human social life itself—is a hard habit to …
Parvez Shaikh‘He drives me mad!’ Why don’t we dump toxic friends?verified_publisherThe Guardian - Elle HuntAccording to psychologists, ‘ambivalent’ relationships can cause us more stress than being with people we actively dislike. Is it time to let go – or can these friendships be salvaged? Roger and Jim have been friends for more than 30 years. When they were younger they were in a band together, and …
