Raising Freethinkers
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Not just a grab-bag candy game
Leveling the 'empathy gradient' has been one of my biggest parenting challenges.
A different kind of game
A growing game genre replaces mayhem with thinking and empathy.
But then...what are the children?
It's the first question mixed-belief couples hear. The answer is simple.
Finding a crew
Sometimes 'citizen of the world' didn't cut it. That's when I needed a crew.
Rescuing the word 'privilege' for our kids
When 'privileged' becomes an epithet, it loses its power.
A face for the universe
It's hard to live in a universe that doesn't care. So we give it a face.
When Huxley lost his darling boy
In the shadow of a terrible loss, Thomas Henry Huxley wrote a moving testament to intellectual integrity.
Of song and story
Bedtime is a great opportunity to share who you are, what you love, and what you want your kids to know about the world.
The science you will never know
The science you will never know can kill you, and it can save your life.
Let's get normal
Our kids' generation sees religious disbelief as kind of...normal. Let's catch up.