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You Will Remember This
You remember the long hours you worked. You remember the sacrifices. You know the risks you took and…
Each Time is Closer to the Last Time
Each night, you have to fight them to get to bed. Each afternoon, you have to fight them…
Don’t Dismiss These Hints
It can seem like they’re distant. It can seem like they don’t like what you like. It can…
What Does This Say About You?
You say that family is everything. You say your kids are your priority. You say that it’s all…
This Is The Way We Teach
Ok sure, we teach by example. We have to model what we say… that goes without saying. But…
In The End, No Reason Will Suffice
You weren’t being unreasonable. You weren’t being mean. You are a lot of fun. You just couldn’t go…
It Won’t Last Much Longer
It’s a short period, you know, when the idea of sleeping on a pull-out coach in a hotel…
They’re Bringing You
You drive them to soccer practice. You get them to school early on days they have choir. You…
You’re Breaking Down Barriers
Yeah, some people won’t get it. Yeah, some people think it’s weak. But you? You know it isn’t. Which is why you make no secret…
Stop Questioning Yourself Like This
It can be easy to question your parenting. To feel like you’re not doing good enough, that you’re not nearly enough. You see what other…
You Don’t Know Until You Know
You can imagine it. You can see it happen to other people. You can read about it, hear about it, see it captured in great…
Let Them Like What They Like
Theodore Roosevelt was a big tough guy. He grew up reading about the greats of history, one biographer wrote, and decided he was going to…
It Is Solved By Walking
It’s been rough at the house. The kids are crazy. You’ve got this conflict that you keep going round and round with your spouse about….
You’re Making Them Hungry
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…
Are You The Splendid Or The Vile?
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…
Remind Yourself What Love Is
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…
Everyone Has Something Going On
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?…
They’re Not Just Playing
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,…