Parenting and family stuff
good stuff from around the internet on raising good kids, building a family, etc.
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Parenting and family stuff
Walter Isaacson on the link between suffering and greatness and those with happy childhoods:
“We grow up with fewer demons but we grow up with less drive. We end being Boswell and not Johnson. We end up being the observer and not the doer. Respect those who are in the arena…”
A few... See more
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.
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?
Many of us have motivated our children with fear, guilt and shame. “I would’ve thought better of you,” or “if you want something to be scared of I’ll give you something to be scared of.” And you know, as a parent you pause and you say, does it work? Well yeah, sure, especially depending on your kids’ personality and temperament, it’s going to work... See more
Shane Parrish • Jim Dethmer: Leading Above the Line [The Knowledge Project Ep. #60]
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If you’ve read my letters to my son, Myles, you know I am madly in love with him, and I love sharing with the world this love I did not get to experience myself. He’s given me a new sense of purpose. (I hate disclaimers, but I feel like I had to set this up for what I’m about to say.)
At the same time, I struggle with how much my marriage changed so... See more
At the same time, I struggle with how much my marriage changed so... See more
Caroline Cala Donofrio • "No One Really Prepares You for the Kind of Math When 1+1=3 "
what a beautiful way to wrestle with the complexities of parenthood
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