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You want to put them to sleep, so you read them the first book off the shelf. You’re…
Are there differences between boys and girls? Of course. Anyone that tells you differently either isn’t a parent…
This didn’t used to exist, you know. Kids had it way harder before. Not just a hundred-plus years…
In Plato’s Phaedrus, Socrates tells the story of the god Theuth approaching the King of Egypt, hardly able…
You hear it all the time. The voice in your head; you’ve heard it all your life. The…
Of course, your kids love you. They look up to you. They imitate you. They want to be…
You’ve read plenty of bad books as a parent. The ham-handed kids books. The nonsensical ones. The vanity…
You used to think you had it so together. And maybe you still do. At work, you’re important…
Why are your kids so crazy? Why is everything so stressful? Why aren’t they doing better in school? Better at listening? Better at focusing? Well,…
Oh how you wish you could make sure they never suffered. Oh how you wish you could have prevented these last couple weeks. You don’t…
Each of us picked things up in childhood. Because of how our own parents were. Because of the experiences we had. Because of things we…
It can be hard to express your feelings as a father sometimes. Not so much because men are expected to bottle up their emotions, but…
A while back, we gave you Kipling’s poem “If.” Well today, you have another job, to read some of Margarita Engle’s poem about books: Books…
Bruce Springsteen has three children: Evan, Jessica, and Sam. One of them is an Olympic-level equestrian (which can not have been a cheap or easy…
You’re anxious. You’re stressed. You want them to be safe. You worry about what they’re doing when you’re not there. You worry about their future….
Arthur MacArthur was a vain and conceited man. He was a war hero at age 18 at the Battle of Missionary Ridge. From there he…
Sometimes it can feel like being a dad is just an endless series of errands. It’s the call from the bedroom that they need a…
Last week, we talked about some words that become magical when you become a dad. Although “I love you” is always powerful, suddenly, when you…
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