Five takeaways: This article is about a mom who charges her five year old daughter $5 out of her $7 weekly allowance– for rent, utilities, food, water, and cable. The remaining $2 is the child’[...]
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The One Parenting Decision that Really Matters
Five takeaways: This piece opens by citing a recent study that says that in the first year of a baby’s life, parents face 1,750 difficult decisions– and then applies data to the question: what is th[...]
10 Things to Remember About Memorial Day
Five takeaways: It began as a grassroots holiday– many towns had small yearly celebrations of the sacrifices of the nation’s veterans before the holiday was made official in 1868. The holiday[...]
A Gentler, Better Way to Change Minds
Five takeaways: It can seem impossible to change another person’s beliefs. Brooks cites one scholar who notes that one’s personal attachment to beliefs encourages “competitive personal c[...]