Love, Withheld and Otherwise

Today seems to be my day for links to columnists. It's because I'm juggling three freelance assignments at once and am resorting to hit-and-run posts.

Alfie Kohn is a respected and influential somewhat radical scholar on education and children. I agree with what he says here as a utopian ideal; in practice I find it extremely difficult to live up to. Too often, one feels unconditional love but its outer expression looks conditional in response to the apparent demands of social life.