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1. Article · Jul 31, 2026 · Gabriela Glueck

   Matrescence: Motherhood As Metamorphosis (opens the original)

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   What does becoming a mother do to your brain, body and sense of self? Host Anita Rao, who is soon expecting her first child, puts that question to science writer Lucy Jones. Lucy spent years studying “matrescence,” a critical transition period akin to adolescence that encompasses the shifts that happen during pregnancy, childbirth and becoming a parent. They talk about Lucy's own path through motherhood and why we need new ways to support mothers through this transformation that never really end

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2. Article · Jul 10, 2026 · Gabriela Glueck

   Think Picky Eating Is Inevitable? History Begs To Differ (opens the original)

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   As many as half of all children are picky eaters at some point in early childhood. Many of us assume that’s just how kids naturally are, but historian Helen Zoe Veit has come to a radically different conclusion. After more than a decade reading memoirs, cookbooks and parenting manuals from the past 200 years, Helen found that picky eating is not inevitable. It is a modern cultural phenomenon. Helen tells host Anita Rao how we got to the age of bland kids’ menus and dinner tables ruled by toddler

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