Parenting
(One of my favorite pieces of parenting advice: You have to give yourself what you needed when you were a kid, and give your kids what they need now.)
Austin Kleon • The Way You Wanted to Feel
Man I love this. I love that it acknowledges the reality of the needs of your younger self while protecting the needs of your kids, which are distinct.
"If you could just change one thing in your child’s life, it would be to give them autonomy. Humans spent 200,000 years as hunter-gatherers. That’s where our brains evolved. That’s where we evolved in this context. If you look on lots of different continents, children have enormous amounts of autonomy in these communities, which implies that t
... See moreFS (Farnam Street) • Brain Food: Maximum Flexibility
Thinking more about this idea since it came up in the Bear Season 2 as well. I’ll struggle with this.
Having a good person express how wonderful you are hundreds of times changes everything.
Scott Galloway • Tethered
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