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If it’s hard for most parents not to push their beliefs on their kids, imagine what it must…
It wasn’t the album his label wanted. It wasn’t the album they expected. Bruce Springsteen’s Nebraska was about…
When we were kids, it was easy to have a passing interest. We had phases. We fell for…
The need to understand that it’s never over. Not playtime, sometimes that does end. And yes, sometimes things…
In one of F. Scott Fitzerald’s funniest short stories, “Head and Shoulders,” a certifiable genius falls in love…
Parenting takes a lot out of us. Being parented takes a lot out of a kid, too. Just…
Without it, she would not have been the great writer that she became. Without it, she would not…
We have so many things we need to do as parents. There’s the logistics of it. The survival…
Yes, they hit their sister. Yes, they just got their first ‘F’ on their report card. Yes, they lied about going over to their friend’s…
It does work. We have to concede that. For generations, some parents have tried withholding praise, withholding pride, withholding approval so that their kids don’t…
In 1940, as Nazi bombs rained down on London, an observer noted the contrasts between the “natural splendor and human vileness.” This idea (which inspired…
Ernest Hemingway was not a great husband or, as often as he should have been, a great father. He had four wives, at least one…
As NFL teams opened training camp for the 2022 season, there was all sorts of speculation about Tom Brady. Why had he retired and unretired?…
It’s funny how twisted we seem to have gotten things over the years. “Epicurean,” for instance, means “hedonist” to most people…even though, as a philosophy,…
There are very few things that are universal to parenthood, but here’s a big one: You have never once lost your temper at your kids…
We’ve talked before about the nature vs nurture debate. As we’ve said, it’s a waste of time (because the debate is clearly settled). But here’s…
All kids have had a hard time this last year. Of course, for many less privileged children the last twelve months were just an introduction…
One of the benefits of being an artist is that everything that happens to you—no matter how traumatic or frustrating—has at least one hidden benefit:…
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