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What is expected of you will change with time. When they were tiny, you needed to do everything…
There is a beautiful line in the haunting novel The Bear, which is about a man and his…
Of course, you’re busy. You have work. You have your spouse. You have your kids. You have all…
When Robert Lovett, the future State Department official and Secretary of Defense, was a kid, it happened that…
We parents are like field goal kickers. Just like if a certain shirt or a pair of socks…
You’re an adult, so we assume you can handle this email. Imagine you’re in the middle of the…
Someone once remarked to the famed Speaker of the House, Sam Rayburn, that his father hadn’t left him…
A few years ago, the Emmy-winning actor William H. Macy was asked for the best piece of advice…
When the columnist and author David Brooks’ son was born, a friend sent him an email that just said, “Welcome to the world of unavoidable…
We think we are giving our kids what they want when we spoil them, when we make life a fantasy of indulgence and specialness. We’re…
Here’s an interesting idea, perhaps not totally supported by science, but true enough to jibe with experience: We contain within us, at birth or by…
The New Zealand All Blacks is the most successful rugby franchise of all time. They have a legacy that rivals the great teams in nearly…
Do you remember hating the vegetables that your parents tried to serve you growing up? Broccoli. Green beans. Brussels sprouts. Cauliflower. You hated them and…
If you haven’t read George Packer’s fascinating and terrifying essay on what the culture war has done to education in some circles, you should read…
Spend any time around parents and inevitably the quality of the neighborhood schools comes up. One mom complains about Common Core. One dad laments the…
At the core of most of the conflict between parents and children—and, of course, spouses—is one thing: judgment. We have opinions and these opinions are…
The man who believes they are indispensable is always always wrong, William Manchester once wrote. It’s a fact that runs counter to the sense of…
That the children of successful fathers turn out spoiled and lazy is a cliche that has proven itself true through time more often than any…
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