Antifragile. It's my new favorite word. Fragile things (and people) need to be protected from chaos and adversity. Robust things (and...

My tidbit of parenting wisdom today comes from an atypical source: a memoir by a stand-up comedian musing about rigid adherence to the...

Love your child and use your common sense. Don’t read parenting books. That’s long been my go-to advice (often unsolicited) for new...

My daughter and her girlfriend recently taught me how to play MarioCart. As most of you probably know better than I do, it’s a car racing...

A recent article in the online magazine Parents provides useful tips for raising a strong-willed child.[1] The article reminds us how our...

I'm amused by the existence of "Smooth Tear" toilet paper. It's true that sometimes toilet paper doesn't tear exactly along the...

Positive Childhood Experiences and Adult Health Outcomes Or: How listening to your children helps them become healthy adults. In June of...

Richard’s Carlson’s 1997 book, “Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff; And It’s All Small Stuff,” sold over 15 million copies. The phrase became...

I mentally pause on the meaning of the word “want” whenever I hear a child object: “But I don’t want to!” When our kids were small, my...