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There’s something that strikes us as a little gross, the way politicians trot out their families to win…
Sometimes it feels like it would be easier if they just did what we wanted. If they could…
Education these days seems to be about signals. What did you get on your SATs? How many AP…
There are different kinds of rich families. There are families that have lots of money. There are families…
We’re always losing our kids. In fact, we’re raising them to lose them–every minute, every interaction is building…
Antoninus Pius, Marcus Aurelius’ adopted father and predecessor, was not a Stoic. He didn’t identify as, nor did…
From his dad, Bruce Springsteen learned about shame, about broken pride, and struggling with demons that you can’t…
Once, on an imperial tour in some distant province, a woman darted out from the crowd and blocked…
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:…
Very few of us are lucky enough to go into fatherhood thinking, “I’m going to do everything exactly like my parents did.” Looking back on…
As fathers, especially dads with young kids, most of the reading we do is to our kids. Reading for ourselves? Who has the time? We…
What is Way of the Warrior Kid? Way of the Warrior Kid is a children’s novel written by retired Navy SEAL Jocko Willink designed to…
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