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Let Them Decide
When Will Ferrell was in middle school, he qualified for the gifted and talented after-school enrichment program, so…
Find Where They Know More Than You
It can be so frustrating to be a kid. Everyone has a head start on you. Older kids,…
Who do You Wish Your Parents Were?
One of the best lines from Seneca is that while we can’t choose our parents, we do have…
Have You Really Understood This?
The last few years have been incredibly difficult. A pandemic. Wildfires. Floods. Intense political polarization punctuated by political…
Your Kids Are Not Keeping Score
Two weeks before the show Severance was scheduled to premiere, Ben Stiller’s visual-effects team was supposed to meet…
Do Your Kids Have This?
The French philosopher and historian Ernest Renan observed what an extraordinary challenge Marcus Aurelius’ tutors and guardians faced….
It’s Good When They’re Bad?
Of course no one likes it when their children misbehave. Whether it’s the defiant toddler in the grocery…
When it Comes to Parenting, the Stakes Couldn’t be Higher
It’s hard to picture Fred Rogers as a parent. Of course, we can easily recall him as Mr….
Let Them Decide
When Will Ferrell was in middle school, he qualified for the gifted and talented after-school enrichment program, so his mom signed him up. When Will…
Find Where They Know More Than You
It can be so frustrating to be a kid. Everyone has a head start on you. Older kids, your teachers, your parents, your grandparents. They’ve…
Who do You Wish Your Parents Were?
One of the best lines from Seneca is that while we can’t choose our parents, we do have the ability to choose whose children we…
Have You Really Understood This?
The last few years have been incredibly difficult. A pandemic. Wildfires. Floods. Intense political polarization punctuated by political unrest. Schools have closed. Parents have fought…
Your Kids Are Not Keeping Score
Two weeks before the show Severance was scheduled to premiere, Ben Stiller’s visual-effects team was supposed to meet to finalize effects edits so Stiller could…
Do Your Kids Have This?
The French philosopher and historian Ernest Renan observed what an extraordinary challenge Marcus Aurelius’ tutors and guardians faced. How could they possibly raise and train…
It’s Good When They’re Bad?
Of course no one likes it when their children misbehave. Whether it’s the defiant toddler in the grocery store or the teenager speaking to you…
When it Comes to Parenting, the Stakes Couldn’t be Higher
It’s hard to picture Fred Rogers as a parent. Of course, we can easily recall him as Mr. Rogers, patiently and lovingly explaining things to…
This is What It Takes To Thrive
Several years ago the writer Malcolm Gladwell pointed out how surprising it is that even in the NBA, which is filled with objectively talented and…
When Should We Quit?
We take our kids out on what is supposed to be a long hike, and they start complaining. We get all the gear to go…