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You work hard. You have so many responsibilities. So many people depend on you. Which is precisely why…
There are so many books you want your kids to read. The books that influenced you. The ones…
We love our kids, that’s why we hate to see them struggle. But maybe that’s precisely the wrong…
Too often, as parents, we focus on the results. We care about their grades. We care about whether…
Trevor Ariza chose family over basketball. He chose his son—a month with him—over $1.8 million dollars in salary….
Your kids can’t tell you they’re having a hard time. They don’t know that they are. They don’t…
In the 2008 American presidential campaign, Barack Obama famously used the Reverend Wright scandal as what he later…
What gives you the right? What’s your purpose on this planet? Why do you work so hard, why…
Social media exploits two vulnerable parts of our psyche. First, the fear of missing out. That’s why we check it so much. Did somebody say…
John Wooden began coaching basketball in 1932. When his son was born around 1939, a friend sent him a picture with a poem on it,…
Epictetus, the Stoic philosopher, said that every situation has two handles. You can get frustrated with your brother, he said, or you can choose instead…
We live in what is starting to feel like a dark time. Despite all our wonderful technology, despite all the poverty and disease that has…
Pretty much all parents want their kids to grow up happy, well-adjusted, and good. But what exactly does “good” mean, and how do you get…
Fatherhood can feel like one tough situation after another. One kid is sick. The other is struggling in school. You just got a call from…
The morning rush before you get them ready for school. The time you spent waiting at a traffic light. When you were both hungry, so…
You want your son to be strong and to be honest. You want your daughters to be those things, too. You want them to work…
When you were a kid, things were different right? Things were better. Things were less politically correct. There was more freedom. The world was safer….
When he was in college and struggling to live up to the expectations of his illustrious family, the writer Walker Percy wrote a letter to…
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