Lessons learned from the first 10 years
Parenting
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
How much to coerce children?
What’s “for their own good”?
How much time and money does an additional child take?
Some things scale, others don’t.
Most children of smart parents will be pretty ordinary
We’re not all going to raise geniuses.
A week in the life: where time goes with three kids
Tracking sleep, work, time with the kids, and all the rest.
How to talk with kids about race?
I think some of what I’ve said has backfired.
Kid donations, 2020 and 2021
I told L that Jeff and I would give her $20 to donate as she chose at the end of December. We sat down and she listed her ideas, which were all about helping homeless people.
Kids, gifts, and materialism
My older kids are 7 and 5, and we’ve hit a period of envy and materialism that’s made Christmas a bit more complicated.