Parenting and family stuff

good stuff from around the internet on raising good kids, building a family, etc.

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Want antifragile kids? Get out of their way

bigthink.com

Laura Pike Seeley

Opinion | The Lies Mothers Tell Themselves and Their Children

Elise Loehnen nytimes.com

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The Expanding Job

Anne Helen Petersen annehelen.substack.com

Danielle Vermeer

For what it’s worth, in raising our own kids we created an effective, balanced, common-sense approach based not on rules but on three principles. Treat everyone with respect. Whatever you undertake, give it your best effort. You, and only you, are accountable for your actions.

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One of the things that happens as boys are growing up is they learn about a very restrictive version of masculinity, a list of things that you’re not allowed to do or say. Particularly around emotions: You’re allowed to be angry, and you might be able to cry if something’s really bad — like a sports team you’re on loses a really important game, or... See more

Keren Landman • How to talk to boys so they grow into better men

Laura Pike Seeley

The reasons parents don't want their teenage kids having sex are complex. There are some obvious dangers: pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases. But those aren't the only reasons parents don't want their kids having sex. The average parents of a 14 year old girl would hate the idea of her having sex even if there were zero risk of pregnancy... See more

Lies We Tell Kids

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Sam Liebeskind

The Last of the Monsters with Iron Teeth

Simplicio carcinisation.com

Keely Adler