Parenting and family stuff

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

Broadening his inputs

I want him to have a wide range of inputs into his senses.

We go play in as many different forests, beaches, mountains, and towns as possible, touching and smelling everything we can.

Parenting : Who is it really for?

simon

One thing adults conceal about sex they also conceal about drugs: that it can cause great pleasure. That's what makes sex and drugs so dangerous. The desire for them can cloud one's judgement—which is especially frightening when the judgement being clouded is the already wretched judgement of a teenage kid.

Here parents' desires conflict. Older... See more

Lies We Tell Kids

simon

Manifesto of the idle parent

Austin Kleon austinkleon.com

Stuart Evans

Forced to Care

Anne Helen Petersen annehelen.substack.com

Keely Adler

“The very best thing you can do for your kids is to love your spouse.”

― Kevin Kelly

Alara

Help create systems instead of goals, and show kids that they can keep exploring, finding linkages in hidden spaces. “Teach kids freedom, and that they have agency.”

Packy McCormick • How Do I Teach These Kids?!

Stuart Evans

The New Fatherhood | Kevin Maguire | Substack

thenewfatherhood.org

Stuart Evans

the childhood curator | Jennifer Shonkoff | Substack

childhoodcurator.substack.com

Stuart Evans

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.

alex