Family Life
This weekend I didn’t get much down time, alone time, or meal prep time. But I’m still starting the week feeling happy and refreshed, because I got to:
Bike to ice cream with 3 other families (6 adults + 6 kids!)
Impromptu barbecue in another family’s backyard (4 adults + 5 kids!)
Last minute hot tub + fire pit party (8 adults + 7 kids!)
Park hangout with other new kindergarten families (tons of adults + kids!)
Ooof. Albert Einstein's letter to his daughter Lieserl ❤️
When I proposed the theory of relativity, very few understood me, and what I will reveal now to transmit to mankind will also collide with the misunderstanding and prejudice in the world.
I ask you to guard the letters as long as necessary, years, decades, until society is advanced enough to... See more
When I proposed the theory of relativity, very few understood me, and what I will reveal now to transmit to mankind will also collide with the misunderstanding and prejudice in the world.
I ask you to guard the letters as long as necessary, years, decades, until society is advanced enough to... See more
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Early childhood ‘magic’, parental love as protective spell, and how ages one-to-five shape safety and attachment
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With love? I kind of remember. Okay, you kind of know this. I've read all of them out loud, and I still... Harry Potter's mom protects Harry Potter with a magical spell. Because, of course, the mother always has to die. She always has to die for the kid to be on an independent adventure. In every single story Yeah Okay so she dies There actually a
... See moreKids do not need gifts. They need zero gifts,” said Michaeleen Doucleff, the author of Hunt, Gather, Parent and a mom who strives for a toy-free home. “For millennia, kids have thrived with very few material objects.” Before the Industrial Revolution, the concept of “buying a toy” didn’t really exist. Neither did the idea of childhood. Kids spent... See more
The Parents Who Don’t Give Their Kids Gifts
Mom guilt is a scam.
Mom guilt isn’t personal - it’s systemic
You can leave the party early. Skip the Pinterest-level snacks. Let them run wild. Clean up the mess tomorrow. You are allowed to enjoy this holiday too.
They might not remember the themed treats or the hand-stitched costumes, but they’ll remember the parent who held space for their feelings. The one who didn’t force a smile for the photo. The one... See more
They might not remember the themed treats or the hand-stitched costumes, but they’ll remember the parent who held space for their feelings. The one who didn’t force a smile for the photo. The one... See more
A Letter to the Parent Trying to Do It All This Halloween
