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Raising happier kids

January 7, 2024 By Nicholas Kerr Leave a Comment

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 […]

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What do we look back on in life?

September 1, 2022 By Nicholas Kerr Leave a Comment

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 […]

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Like most parents, we won’t be giving our kids the COVID vaccine right away

November 5, 2021 By Nicholas Kerr Leave a Comment

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 […]

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Capturing your kids’ moments from behind

December 29, 2017 By Nicholas Kerr Leave a Comment

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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Kid classics that would not be released today

September 15, 2017 By Nicholas Kerr Leave a Comment

As parents, we’ve introduced our kids to stories we grew up with, both on TV and in print. Jennifer and I have often wryly remarked to each other how, as sensibilities have evolved, a lot of the material probably wouldn’t be approved by today’s editors. This includes much older publications like 1941’s “Curious George”, but […]

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I’m Nicholas, a marketing consultant and dad in Dallas, TX. I like to follow policy debates, chat about parenting and share stories. Read More…

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