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They’re Coming For You
It might feel like a long way off, but it isn’t. Pretty soon, they’ll be reaching for it….
Who Do They Behave For?
Yeah, they’re maniacs. Yeah, they curse like sailors. Yeah, they talk back. …to you. But have you heard…
How Much Is Already Gone?
It’s been a crazy period. You’ve been digging out of it ever since they were born, since they…
Would You Do This For Them?
You do the school dropoff. You take them to practice. You cheer them on at the recitals. The…
You’re Probably Wrong
Look, if they’re not little anymore, if they’re more or less on their own, if it’s not about…
Are You Modeling This for Them?
We tell our children they can learn anything, that mistakes are opportunities for growth, that challenges make us…
They Haven’t Learned This Yet (and That’s Wonderful)
We learned the hard way. We learned by experience. We picked up the social cues. We got the…
Make the Most of This
Spring breathes freshness and renewal into our world with warmer air, sun-filled days, and bursts of new foliage…
You’ll Think This Later; Might As Well Feel It Now
It’s kind of crazy how crazy things are right now. All that you have going on. All the stress that raising a family entails. The…
Interest is Interest. Take It.
It’s a video game. It’s a YouTuber who makes unwatchable videos about video games. It’s drama at school. It’s an argument about politics you don’t…
It’s Not a Goal to Be Impressed By
You might think that every little boy would want to be king, but Marcus Aurelius didn’t. That’s the opening line in our fable The Boy Who…
Show Them How to Be Bigger
A 10-year-old Jim Lawson was walking down the street when, as he passed a car, a small child looked at him and called him the…
This Is a Violent River
Sometimes it feels like it, sometimes it doesn’t. Sometimes it feels like our lives are moving very quickly, but often in the day-to-dayness, it doesn’t….
You’ve Gotta Be On the Same Timeline
It doesn’t matter that you’re on the other side of the world. It doesn’t matter that you’re in the middle of some crazy period at…
You’ll Miss This If You Take It For Granted
After his first marriage fell apart in the 1960s, the songwriter Johnny Cash moved from Southern California to Tennessee. On the first night in his…
Don’t Overthink It. Take Them Out.
Yes, school is important. Yes, team practice is important. Yes, routine is important. Yes, commitments are important. Yes, yes, yes. But you know what? No…
How Much is Left?
Here you are, celebrating a birthday. Here you are, marking another milestone. Here you are, making another notch in the doorframe. As the ancients say…
It’s About Those Ordinary Days
It starts off so exciting. You’re thrust into a totally new situation—you have a kid. And then so much happens and keeps happening. Benchmarks. When they take…