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, […]
Kid classics that would not be released today
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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