Parenting and family stuff

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

by sari and · updated 8d ago

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 years ago, I learned that Jobs, Ellison, Musk and Bezos hav... See more
andrea added 10mo ago
you can consume which is least valuable, you can participate which is more valuable, and you can create which is the most valuable -- Robert G's lesson to his kids
Sam Liebeskind added 3mo ago
“The very best thing you can do for your kids is to love your spouse.”
― Kevin Kelly
Alara added 6mo ago
“Instead of asking your child what they learned today, ask them who they helped today.”
― Kevin Kelly
Alara added 6mo ago
“Children are not our projects. They are to share life with.”
-from On Being interview with Sara Hendren
sari added 7mo ago
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