Parenting and family stuff

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

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Notes on how to support new parents (only from my experience, idk how much this generalises):

•Freyja•x.com

Stuart Evans

All Joy and No Fun: The Paradox of Modern Parenthood

Jennifer Senior • 5 highlights

amazon.com

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The Gift of Failure: How the Best Parents Learn to Let Go So Their Children Can Succeed

Jessica Lahey • 5 highlights

amazon.com

Cover of The Gift of Failure: How the Best Parents Learn to Let Go So Their Children Can Succeed

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The benefits of play are immense across all ages, research shows

hechingerreport.org

Laura Pike Seeley

katie • Tweet

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The Happiness Curve: Why Life Gets Better After 50

Jonathan Rauch • 7 highlights

amazon.com

Cover of The Happiness Curve: Why Life Gets Better After 50

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The Pandemic Has Exposed the Fallacy of the “Ideal Worker”

Joan C. Williams hbr.org

Ilana Ettinger

Parenting : Who is it really for?

Derek Sivers sive.rs

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Sean Fennessey concludes his Letterboxd review of Arrival by saying, “Have kids, it changes you in good ways.” I agree but would add one note. Having kids reveals things about yourself to yourself, some good and some not so good. What matters is the revelation. Never waste a revelation.

Note to Self, at 35

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