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You’re busy. It’s just a trip to the store. They have been a pain all day. You’re trying…
There are two types of games in this life: Finite and Infinite games. Finite games are things you…
We’ve talked before about enjoying the classics with your kids. Not necessarily ‘the classics’ in the ancient Greek…
We can mess up a lot as parents—in fact, we will mess up a lot. We will work…
Your kids want to know why their friends don’t have to do chores. They want to know why…
Every TV show perpetuates the stereotype. Our own memories confirm it. At some point, parents have to have…
We’ve said before that taking a walk will solve most of your parenting problems. Getting the kids outside,…
Nobody steals a scene on Seinfeld quite like George’s parents, Frank and Estelle Costanza. And of course, nobody…
Too often, as parents, we focus on the results. We care about their grades. We care about whether they’re turning in their homework. We care…
Trevor Ariza chose family over basketball. He chose his son—a month with him—over $1.8 million dollars in salary. He made the right choice, although it…
Your kids can’t tell you they’re having a hard time. They don’t know that they are. They don’t understand what’s happening in the world. They…
In the 2008 American presidential campaign, Barack Obama famously used the Reverend Wright scandal as what he later called a “teachable moment”—a chance to discuss…
What gives you the right? What’s your purpose on this planet? Why do you work so hard, why do you fight for the causes you…
You’ve been working for this moment your whole life. To make it into the league. To sit behind the big desk. To command the squadron….
There are so many sad examples: The father who can’t bear to be contradicted. The parents who refuse to admit when they are wrong. The…
What do you think drew Steph Curry to basketball? It must have been many things, but chief among them has to have been the time…
So much has happened and so much now remains uncertain. Do we go back to work? Do we let the kids go to the park?…
When Margaret Thatcher was in school as a young girl, she was assigned books like we all were. Some were boring. Some were exciting. Some…
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