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I learned about all kinds of cooperative parents while researching the evolution of caretaking for my new book, The Creatures’ Guide to Caring.

From Slate ● May 10, 2026

“When you look at the jobs this administration is making harder to access, they are the caretaking professions,” Bañez said.

From Salon ● Mar. 17, 2026

And so he resolves to repay them in the only way he knows: with labor, with devotion, with the silent caretaking that eventually convinces them they’re being aided by a benevolent forest spirit.

From Salon ● Nov. 16, 2025

After years of demanding jobs, caretaking or the death of a spouse, the volunteers say the group provides a sense of purpose and is an antidote to loneliness.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2025

The caretaking skills were no doubt those of Fiona, on his left; he remembered noticing the tenderness with which she had bathed the Old.

From "The Giver" by Lois Lowry


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