<This is a speech I delivered at Il Casino, Restorante in Wellington at a surprise birthday for Dad’s 60th birthday on January 15, 2005 attended by more than 50 friends and family members. ‘Telegrams’ by people who were unable to attend follow, as does a list of the attendees.> I’d like to thank you all […]
Raising happier kids
Amber Duke writes in The Spectator that children in families with conservative parents are happier. She bases this conclusion on an interesting Gallup poll from 2023. Seventy-seven percent of adolescents with very conservative parents reported good or excellent mental health, compared to just 55 percent of adolescents with liberal parents. While I think she’s mixing […]
What do we look back on in life?
A comment Chuck Klosterman made toward the end of an interview I was listening to got me thinking about things that matter in life. He was interviewed on one of my favorite podcasts, Conversations with Tyler, when he made this comment: My daughter is six, and she still likes me to lay in bed with […]
Like most parents, we won’t be giving our kids the COVID vaccine right away
An overwhelming and increasing majority of parents are choosing not to vaccinate their kids from COVID. While my wife and I were at the front of the line to get ourselves vaccinated, we’re in good company with the more than 70% of parents who are in no rush to get shots for their 5 to […]
Capturing your kids’ moments from behind
We have a couple of walls of photos of our children through the years, which I sometimes like to get lost in as I remember the milestones and moments. The other day I noticed that many of my favorite shots all have one thing in common – I didn’t capture their faces. Like other favorites, […]
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