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  • Still donating half
  • Crying in museums
  • You have more than one goal, and that's fine
  • Where time goes with three kids
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Coaching kids as they learn to climb

Helping kids learn to climb things that are at the edge of their ability

Still donating half

Keeping donations high as our income rose and fell

Conversations I often have about parenting

Topics that come up a lot

How bad is alcohol?

Unfortunately we landed on a pretty bad drug as a default.

Your wedding doesn’t have to be that great

Your future happiness does not depend on how gorgeous this one day is.

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.

Ethics of adopting a meat-eating pet

Bringing another carnivore into the house

What are the results of more parental supervision and less outdoor play?

Ups and downs for mental health and injury rates

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