7 Essays You Need To Read This Week: Free-Range Parenting, Counting Calories, And Bindis

This week, one mother wrote about her struggle to reclaim parenting and her reflections on her own childhood. Read that and other essays from The Fader, The Frisky, and Rookie.

1. "How an Anime Series Helped Me Recognize My Depression" — BuzzFeed Geeky

2. "Your Fave Is Problematic, and That's Okay for You, But They Still Need to Apologize" — The Fader

3. "The Struggle to Reclaim Parenting" — BuzzFeed Ideas

4. "Empathy Isn’t Everything" — Rookie

5. "When a Queer Woman Counts Calories" — BuzzFeed LGBT

6. "The Soapbox: My Bindi Is Not Your Bindi" — The Frisky

7. "What It’s Like Speaking a Different Language From Your Parents" — BuzzFeed Ideas

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