Nicole Russell
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![Tips should be earned, not expected. Yet people should also be generous when given the chance. Tips should be earned, not expected. Yet people should also be generous when given the chance.](https://www.mercurynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/SJM-L-TRAVTOPTEN-LIST-0929-1-3.jpg?w=132)
Russell: Americans are torn about the new tipping culture
Tips should be earned, not expected. Yet people should also be generous when given the chance.
![Don't opt out of parenting just because you’re hoping your job will be more fulfilling. Don't opt out of parenting just because you’re hoping your job will be more fulfilling.](https://www.mercurynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/mij-l-midlife-0123-04.jpg?w=140)
Russell: Careers over kids? A lot of adults look at parenthood the wrong way
Don't opt out of parenting just because you’re hoping your job will be more fulfilling.