raising kids
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On unrequited love.
All those years of unrequited love prepared me for a newborn.
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On childcare.
Love from parents is great, but children benefit most from a whole network of care.
caretaking, child care, child development, child psychology, childcare, childhood development, children, developmental psychology, elementary school, elementary school teachers, evolutionary psychology, extended care network, father, fatherhood, Hrdy, Monroe County YMCA, motherhood, mothering, nuclear families, parenting, parents, Play and Learn, raising children, raising kids, Sarah Blaffer Hrdy, Sarah Hrdy, school, school teachers, teacher, teachers, teaching, the importance of childcare, valuing childcare, valuing children, valuing teachers, YMCA, YMCA Play and Learn
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On autism and parenting.
My kids are lucky to have such dissimilar parents. Which is happier than thinking I’m the defective parent.
ASD, autism parenting, autism spectrum, autistic parent, building relationships, child psychology, childhood, childhood development, data mining, data-driven dating, dating apps, dating sites, developmental psychology, family, father, fatherhood, growing together, human development, love, mate choice, parenting, parenting on the spectrum, parenting with autism, personal growth, psychology studies, raising a family, raising children, raising kids, relationships, romance
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On grammar in Latin and English.
Based on the history of English usage, singular “they” is even more acceptable than singular “you.”
Dennis Baron, English grammar, gender, grammar, high school, history of English grammar, history of word use, Latin grammar, misinformation, nonbinary, nonbinary pronoun, nonbinary pronouns, parenting, pronoun, pronoun usage, pronoun use, pronouns, raising children, raising kids, reading aloud, reading to children, reading to kids, school, singular they, singular you, trying to use Latin grammar rules for English writing, word usage
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On courage, parenting, and Sergio de la Pava’s ‘Lost Empress.’
It takes real courage to do something hard day after day with nobody watching, nobody cheering.
a meaningful life, accounting, brain damage, bravery, concussion, courage, David Foster Wallace, Dorothy Dinnerstein, emotional pallet, fatherhood, Fatherhood in Pieces, finite bravery, football, good parenting, heroism, how we act when no one is watching, interminable tasks, Lost Empress, meaning, Michael Chabon, parenting, Pops, raising children, raising kids, Sergio De La Pava, Sisyphus, sports, suicide, The Mermaid and the Minotaur, The Pale King, writing
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