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The One Parenting Decision That Really Matters
Sam Liebeskind and added
“What matters most in how kids turn out is who we are as parents”
Farnam Street • Dr. Laura Markham: Peaceful Parenting [The Knowledge Project Ep. #52]
sari and added
The most important decisions in your life may be whether to marry, who to marry, and whether to have kids. But none of those topics are taught in school. They’re hardly even discussed. How could they be? They aren’t problems you can distill down to an equation, or even a broad principle.
Morgan Housel • Very Important and Hard to Teach
sari added
Today's ramped-up parental authority rests on three pillars: science, safety, and achievement. What we ambitious parents know about the human brain tells us that children need to be placed in stimulating and productive environments if they are going to reach their full potential. What we know about the world tells us that it is a dangerous place: t... See more
David Brooks • The Organization Kid
Juan Orbea added
Between quality childcare and longer parental leaves, the bigger contributor to a healthy and productive son is a longer parental leave.
John Gray PhD • The Boy Crisis
Philip Soriano added
while 85 percent of children born to upper-class families are raised by both of their birth parents, only 30 percent of those born to working-class families are.
Rob Henderson • Troubled: A Memoir of Foster Care, Family, and Social Class
That the answer to all these questions—of art, of children, of startups—is “pay attention to your circumstances, work hard, establish the right culture, and manage your emotions” might be the most unsatisfying advice ever given. Still, it is the advice that I believe to be correct. There is no spreadsheet that will tell me how to raise my daughter ... See more
You Can’t Math Your Way to Success
Jessica added
all that matters is i am present and energetic enough