26 stories tagged parenting, newest first.
442 points by Curiositry | 642 comments
Steve Krouse's personal essay reflecting on what to teach his unborn son and the purpose of education in the age of AGI, drawing on Neil Postman's The End of Education.
189 points by NaOH | 29 comments
A father's personal story from 2004 about his four-year-old son asking for 'wood tape' and drawing plans for a table to build together.
92 points by actfrench | 47 comments
A Substack post by Maya Sissoko offering parents a guide to rejection sensitivity in gifted and twice-exceptional children, covering connection and friendships.
406 points by minimaxir | 168 comments
A Substack essay by the mother seen in a viral San Francisco Giants game clip, giving context about her husband and family that night.
171 points by surprisetalk | 207 comments
Jeff Kaufman blog post arguing the FAA should allow babywearing carriers during takeoff and landing, citing its lap-infant rule as thoughtful rulemaking.
377 points by shubhamjain | 281 comments
Ed West's Substack essay on children's media diets and doomscrolling, discussing James Marriott's 'The New Dark Ages'.
867 points by nichochar | 675 comments
Personal blog post by Nicholas Charriere on balancing startup ambition with being a father of two, referencing Paul Graham's essay on having kids.
327 points by mawise | 222 comments
A Haven blog post titled "Retro-Tech Parenting" about raising kids with older technology like landline phones, CD players, and floppy disks.
520 points by garycomtois | 201 comments
A Substack essay by writer Shawn Smucker titled "Please Use AI," published on his newsletter The Courage to Live It.
463 points by obscurette | 494 comments
Steve Magness essay arguing that restricting children's freedom to roam beyond their street or yard has costs, citing statistics on declining independence.
409 points by surprisetalk | 245 comments
A Substack post by Joanna Bregan ranking children's toys by the ratio of playtime to clean-up time, from a parent's perspective.
338 points by surprisetalk | 183 comments
A Substack post by Joanna Bregan ranking children's toys by their ratio of play time to clean-up time, from a parent's perspective.
363 points by casca | 242 comments
A Substack essay by Eli Stark-Elster on Unpublishable Papers arguing children need spaces and a world free of adult supervision to play.
549 points by jordanf | 188 comments
Blog post by Jordan Fulghum about building physical album cards with NFC tags so his 10-year-old can discover and play music like browsing CDs.
1028 points by arch_deluxe | 338 comments
Personal essay arguing that science museums like the Franklin Institute rely too heavily on screen-based exhibits instead of hands-on physical experiences.
503 points by ZeWaka | 151 comments
Eric Meyer's personal blog post reflecting on the tenth anniversary of his daughter Rebecca's death on what would have been her sixteenth birthday.
488 points by desunit | 351 comments
A blog post by Sergey Bogdanov using the marshmallow test to argue that young parents should focus on building trust with their children.
458 points by bemmu | 422 comments
Blog post by Lars Doucet on Fortress of Doors about teaching kids to ride a bike by removing the pedals first, and the broader lessons about learning.
402 points by zeroonetwothree | 294 comments
Wait Until 8th is a campaign site urging parents to pledge to delay giving children smartphones until at least eighth grade.
327 points by pmzy | 117 comments
A personal essay on the Papa Notes parenting blog titled "The best $4 ever spent," illustrated with a photo of a child riding a bus.
1237 points by kzrdude | 288 comments
A blog post describing how the author built an NFC tag–based physical movie library so his kids can pick and play digital movies themselves.
331 points by paulpauper | 308 comments
An After Babel Substack essay by Mariana Brussoni, with a preface by Jon Haidt, arguing that children need risk, fear, and excitement in play and that adult fears harm them.
2307 points by lukeplato | 367 comments
A personal essay by Lars Doucet on his Fortress of Doors blog about the loss of his son.
338 points by trevin | 291 comments
An After Babel Substack essay by Jon Haidt and Peter Gray arguing that the decline of unsupervised free play is a major cause of the teen mental health crisis.
556 points by lucasv07 | 916 comments
WBUR Cognoscenti commentary arguing that boys need emotional support from early childhood and that ignoring their emotional needs creates public health risks.
918 points by alexzeitler | 710 comments
Personal blog post by Thomas Bandt recounting his history with Windows and why setting it up as his son's first computer didn't work out.