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Children and parenting

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.

Investing in boundaries with young kids

Putting in some work to get the behavior you want

Some careers are overhyped to children

You will probably not have a career on the stage

The best kind of music to learn is social music

Will they ever stay up late playing this kind of music for fun?

How much to coerce children?

What’s “for their own good”?

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