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As a young novelist, Susan Straight was told by her mentor, the great James Baldwin, “You must continue…
We were given two parents. Or maybe one. Or maybe more. All of our upbringings were different, and…
You like stuff. Your kids like different stuff. It’s a conflict as old as parenthood itself. Music, food,…
Rich Cohen loves hockey. He loves watching his kids excel at it. Like any parent, the last thing…
They’d rather you not check in so much. They’d rather you not tell them how you feel about…
It was a dark time. The world was falling apart. School was a distant memory. All they had…
We know our parents sacrificed for us. That’s what history is… people giving stuff up for future generations,…
They’re only going to ask you so many times: to get in the pool with them, to sit…
It was just another day on vacation for the Roosevelts in 1921. FDR spent the morning sailing around Campobello Island with Eleanor and his two…
You send them to great schools. You make sure they do their homework. You drill them on their flashcards. You are saving for college. You…
In 1960, John F. Kennedy made a pretty startling admission to a journalist, Hugh Sidey. Such was his life of privilege and wealth growing up,…
Clayton Christensen, the author and business philosopher, tells a story about an early meeting with Andy Grove, the CEO of Intel. Grove wanted to know…
It’s been a rough couple weeks. You watched your retirement accounts lose as much as 30% of their value. You’re watching businesses disappear left and…
You probably heard the story of the ugly duckling growing up. Or perhaps you remember the story of Solon and Croesus. Both stories—one about a…
We’ve talked before about how children born into privilege or power or a well-known family can easily become spoiled. Marcus Aurelius was an exception to…
We’ve talked about so many things in this email over the last year, so many goals we have as parents. We talked about treating fatherhood…
Lyndon Johnson was a bright young boy, taking after his mother who had always loved literature. At an early age, he would do performances of…
You had all these ideas about what being a father would be. You looked forward to fixing cars together. Or watching your favorite movies. Or…
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