Lessons learned from the first 10 years
Children and parenting
Relaxing my standards on housekeeping
Getting to “good enough”
Children’s appearance is over-controlled
Giving up control over choices that don’t belong to me
Coaching kids as they learn to climb
Helping kids learn to climb things that are at the edge of their ability
Conversations I often have about parenting
Topics that come up a lot
Raising children on the eve of AI
How do we prepare them for what we’re not prepared for?
The sugar budget
A method of deciding how much sugar kids can have
“Sugar rush” in children seems to be confirmation bias
There’s little evidence that sugar makes kids hyper.
What are the results of more parental supervision and less outdoor play?
Ups and downs for mental health and injury rates
It’s useful when either parent can handle things
When you can both fully take care of the kids, you have more options.