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Generations: Seeking a ‘Perfect’ Summer

July 29, 2025
It’s August, which means teens everywhere are gripped by a low-key panic: How do you make summer count? After all, the summer days are slowly melting away, and soon enough we’ll be sitting in sticky classrooms, glancing out the window and yearning…

Generations: Please Give Me My Participation Medal Now

July 21, 2025
“I’m approaching 50 myself … and already know looking at some obstacles that I can’t envision myself completing without falling … but I’m going to try.” Those were the fateful words of fellow Belmont dad Matt Cassello back in February, and they…

Generations: Inside the Admissions Anxiety

June 27, 2025
“I feel like I’m so behind on college stuff,” my best friend said over FaceTime a few months ago. SAT scores had just come out, and the gossip was nonstop — who scored well, who didn’t. I was surprised to hear my…

Generations: Let Them Eat Popcorn!

May 12, 2025
Family dinner. As parents, we were told it was the solution to everything. Our kids required it to grow up well-adjusted and become adventurous eaters. Meaningful conversation would flow freely as we cemented close and lasting bonds over Brussels sprouts and sushi.…

Generations: Climbing to New Heights

April 30, 2025
For years, the elevator in my doctor’s Cambridge office building carried patients safely up and down six floors. When COVID arrived, it was no longer safe. Every stranger’s breath was filled with fearful possibility, and even wearing masks, we stood too closely…

Generations: Starting a New Chapter

April 13, 2025
Somewhere up in my 12-year-old daughter’s bedroom, buried within the piles of stuff that tend to accumulate in a preteen’s personal space, is a copy of Terry Pratchett’s young adult novel, “The Shepherd’s Crown.” There’s a bookmark in it, about two-thirds of…

Generations: What Lies Behind Library Walls?

April 3, 2025
Day after day after day, the new library rises with exemplary efficiency. All those who put this massive project together—on budget and on time—need a medal and a bonus in a world that usually awards neither. Watching it go up, I feel…