Labor and delivery needs a soundtrack–here are some suggestions for Gen Beta moms!
Reads of the year for the HIP (Harried Intellectual Parent): 2024
What are HIPs (Harried Intellectual Parents) reading this year?
Ebenezer Scrooge and the shanty band
A shanty band singing about Scrooge reminds us of the things a community ought to believe at Christmastime.
Our favorite essays of 2024 from other little magazines
More of our favorite things!
Some of our favorite things I: Current writers and editors reflect on 2024
These are a few of our favorite things from 2024.
REVIEW: The Catholic Kids’ Cookbook
The joy of cooking is for kids too
Book gifts for kids for this Christmas season
Not all sweet traditions involve candy–some involve books.
Interview: Nadya Williams on her new book, Mothers, Children, and the Body Politic
What difference does the imago Dei make for how we think about mothers and children?
Interview: Dixie Dillon Lane’s book, Skipping School, is under contract
A homeschooling mother, who also happens to be a historian of homeschooling, updates us on her book project and more.
Gift guide: What to give homeschooling parents whose preschoolers are causing mayhem
Homeschooling preschool doesn’t require a curriculum in a box. It does require a plan.
REVIEW: A Manual for Homeschooling
Swanson’s book provides inspiration of the most practical kind
A homeschooling parent’s dilemma: do I stay on my computer or off of it?
I both love and hate digital tech–and my laptop. That raises important questions.
This summer: low in cost, high in fun
Yes, activities that are low-cost but offer much fun are possible this summer!
A last-minute graduation gift guide
Stumped about gift ideas for your favorite graduate(s) of all ages? Here are some ideas.
REVIEW: Permanence, Memoir, and Memory
On acknowledging pain without sacrificing hope
On advice for potential graduate students in the humanities
When you make graduate school decisions, remember that you can’t know the future – but you can make choices that will serve you well now.
REVIEW: Why Aren’t Americans Having Children?
In Timothy P. Carney’s book, a complicated question receives an illuminating answer
Is it okay to use Grammarly?
Grammarly is an AI tool. Therein lies the problem.
The good failures of unplugging: seven months later
Tech resistance and unplugging isn’t about superhumans doing perfectly that at which ordinary people fail; it’s about ordinary people dusting themselves off repeatedly and trying again, because the goal of a more humane life is worth pursuing.
What to get the kids you know for their birthdays
A note from the editor: today is a special birthday. The Arena is one year old! It seems appropriate to celebrate, therefore, by publishing a guide to birthday gifts–but for kids! When an invitation to a child’s birthday party includes […]