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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…
Yeah, it costs money to heat a house warmer than it needs to be. Yeah, rooms should be…
You want to put them to sleep, so you read them the first book off the shelf. You’re…
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…
We’ve talked before of the crossfire hurricane that is becoming a father. When you first become a dad, your whole life gets turned upside down….
Maybe you remember when your kids were really young—or maybe they still are really young so you know this even better—what you could do to…
Theodore Roosevelt lived an incredible life. He was an author. A naturalist. A rancher. A police chief. A cowboy. A hunter. A governor. A soldier….
If you’re not paying attention, it’s easy to slip into a habit of almost invariable negativity: Stop doing that. Don’t touch this. No, you can’t…
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