One thought on Raising children
You should expand much more energy during years 0-7 than on years 7-18 (?)
This would include more detailed planning of trips, work time, etc
Raising children
A Twitter thread about parenting as a redemption arc for your own childhood wrongs
https://x.com/owenbroadcast/status/1719909819765694958?s=46&t=FPypsAKPhWDGulGg27plgQ
Not bad, but I do wonder about the problem of having too much of a lens on yourself while raising a child
Is having children selfish?
Wide toe box shoes for children
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in favor of Celebrate failures for children, Raising children
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"If you manage to control yourself there will be ice cream" said the parent."I sure hope this doesn't have unforeseen lifelong consequences" thought the child, doing their best to physically tense the body in the higher ice cream probability shape.— RomeoStevens (@RomeoStevens76) November 1, 2021
"If you manage to control yourself there will be ice cream" said the parent."I sure hope this doesn't have unforeseen lifelong consequences" thought the child, doing their best to physically tense the body in the higher ice cream probability shape.
I think there’s something to be learned from the idea of Random Reinforcement
Use random reinforcement to create positive psychological outcomes without dependence
Need to check if this makes sense
If you have a lot of money, should you simply guarantee basic Human Rights for your children in lieu of a proper government doing so?
Housing, healthcare, food, other basics…
Read every day, audio stories every day
Imagination engages with audio
Amazing image belowA core parenting belief of mine:One of the most important things we can do for our kids is help them learn the power of their imaginationsBut you have to contend with the constant onslaught of overstimulating screens Here's 2 ways we beat screens:… pic.twitter.com/NwV1Rk4uTp— Harrison Schenck (@SaveYourSons) October 4, 2023
Amazing image belowA core parenting belief of mine:One of the most important things we can do for our kids is help them learn the power of their imaginationsBut you have to contend with the constant onslaught of overstimulating screens Here's 2 ways we beat screens:… pic.twitter.com/NwV1Rk4uTp
In case you needed more reasons not to let children play tackle sports
https://messaging-custom-newsletters.nytimes.com/dynamic/render?campaign_id=9&emc=edit_nn_20231117&instance_id=107955&nl=the-morning&paid_regi=1&productCode=NN®i_id=111956544&segment_id=150295&te=1&uri=nyt%3A%2F%2Fnewsletter%2F56ddeffb-709f-57d5-9816-a54549b51f07&user_id=4153bba49b95e3a8eab56831cebdce87
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/11/16/us/cte-youth-football.html