NYT的文章：The Gift of Making Yourself Disappear

Being the parent of a teenager is an act of vanishing by degrees. A slow retreat. And now, it’s my job to see it through, to recede quietly so we both shimmer into invisibility at the exact same moment. 养育青少年如同逐步“消失”，是一场缓慢的退场。而今我的职责，是彻底放手，安静隐退，直到我们在同一刻化作透明的虚影。