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Jul 21 min read

Kids are ANTI-FRAGILE

Antifragile. It's my new favorite word. Fragile things (and people) need to be protected from chaos and adversity. Robust things (and...

Apr 242 min read

Isn’t That Interesting (with thanks to Moshe Kasher)

My tidbit of parenting wisdom today comes from an atypical source: a memoir by a stand-up comedian musing about rigid adherence to the...

Feb 212 min read

Banned Books

Love your child and use your common sense. Don’t read parenting books. That’s long been my go-to advice (often unsolicited) for new...

Jan 302 min read

Finding Enough

My daughter and her girlfriend recently taught me how to play MarioCart. As most of you probably know better than I do, it’s a car racing...

Jan 172 min read

A preemptive "why?"

A recent article in the online magazine Parents provides useful tips for raising a strong-willed child.[1] The article reminds us how our...

Dec 28, 20232 min read

Some problems don't need solving

I'm amused by the existence of "Smooth Tear" toilet paper. It's true that sometimes toilet paper doesn't tear exactly along the...

Dec 20, 20232 min read

RESEARCH SPOTLIGHT (Commentaries on recent publications in academic pediatrics)

Positive Childhood Experiences and Adult Health Outcomes Or: How listening to your children helps them become healthy adults. In June of...

Dec 11, 20232 min read

It's not all Small Stuff

Richard’s Carlson’s 1997 book, “Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff; And It’s All Small Stuff,” sold over 15 million copies. The phrase became...

Dec 11, 20232 min read

"I don't WANT to!!!"

I mentally pause on the meaning of the word “want” whenever I hear a child object: “But I don’t want to!” When our kids were small, my...

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