An Epistle to the Hebrews by Emma LazarusĪndrew Solomon, Ph.D., is a writer and lecturer on politics, culture and psychology winner of the National Book Award and an activist in LGBTQ rights, mental health, and the arts.Welcome to Holland by Emily Perl Kingsley.

Tune in to hear Andrew Solomon give his thoughts on coping with generational differences.

In the event that they are unable to provide the support the child needs, how should the parents proceed?.

In such a situation, how can parents best help their child?.

How can parents best prepare for the possibility that their child will be different than they imagined?.

What can lead a child to seek support outside of their family?.

Andrew’s distinction between vertical and horizontal identities, referring to the ways in which the child relates to and is distinct from their family, is profound and underlies much of the message 18Forty has tried to convey this month. His book, Far from the Tree, deals with this topic explicitly, exploring the impact of things like deafness on a family’s ability to relate to and provide for their child. In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast, we talk to Andrew Solomon – a Pulitzer Prize finalist – about intergenerational divergence, as well as his book, Far from the Tree, which was in some ways the very inspiration for this topic.Īndrew’s experience with intergenerational divergence began as a child, when his gay identity imbued him with a sense of outsiderness that is evident in his work.

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