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May 2025

3 Questions to Help Your Kids Build a Growth-Mindset
Why goals can backfire—and what great coaches and parents focus on instead.
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Shane Trotter
Bring Back Adult Authority
Why gentle parenting harms kids and what kids actually need.
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Shane Trotter
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Tell Kids No, For Their Sake
A battlecry against entitlement.
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Shane Trotter
Cognitive Fitness: How and Why to Train It
Is human intelligence in decline? Here is how and why you may want to create more cognitive fitness habits.
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Shane Trotter
Social Fitness: How & Why to Train It
Just as sedentary lifestyles necessitated physical fitness regiments, we must begin to intentionally improve our social fitness. Here is how to start.
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Shane Trotter
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April 2025

The New Demands of Fitness
Why the invention of physical fitness marked a turning point in human adaptation—and why we must now extend that mindset far beyond the gym.
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Shane Trotter
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Why Scraping By is the Best Lesson
The curse of entitlement. The blessings of scrapping, stretching, and solving.
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Shane Trotter
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Ban the Digital Babysitter
This insane norm defines modern parenting. Let’s change that.
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Shane Trotter
The Lessons War Taught—And We Forgot
A new book revives the lessons our families, schools, and nation need most.
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Shane Trotter
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