Sitemap - 2023 - Setting the Bar

The Real Reason Parents Need a New Year's Resolution

The Fire Carrier Book List

Children Should Not Be Worshipped (and other once-obvious reflections)

Solving the Social Dilemma: Many Paths to Social Media Reform

The Ultimate Gift-Giving Guide for Parents

Let's Talk About Religion

Don't Be a Wimp, A Cheater, or a Pop-Tart Eater

Advice from Gen Z, How to Build a Culture, and Why We Need Shame

Instruments vs. Devices & Magic vs. Scaffolding

Stuff You Should Check Out

Total Parent Move: A Formula For Grit

Understanding Young Male Syndrome

Our Parenting Culture Needs a Mission

The Pursuit of... Self-Actualization (Essential Excerpt)

The Fire Carrier

Restoring The Village

Parents, You Are Not Enough

Good and Bad Ideals of Masculinity (Essential Excerpts)

Most Young Men are Lost and Unimpressive. Here's Why.

The Problem With Video Games (Essential Excerpts)

Porn, Pop-Tarts, and the Infinite Scroll: Preparing Kids to Thrive Amid Supernormal Stimuli

Remaining Human Against the Machine (Essential Excerpts)

Do Our Kids Need a Moral Equivalent of War?

Money Doesn’t Make You Happy, But Religion, Marriage, and Good Neighbors Do (Essential Excerpts)

The Power of the Village

Overcoming Willful Ignorance (Essential Excerpts)

What Are We Doing to These Kids?

Essential Excerpts: Become Happier By Questioning Your Norms

3 Principles to Combat Busy-ness

Have We Made it Too Hard For Families to Be Healthy?

BS Detection For Parents (Essential Excerpts)

Dear Schools, AI can tell you how you should be adapting to it. Should you listen?

The Smartphone Empire Strikes Back

Essential Excerpts: Bring Back Marriage!

How to Get Your Kids to Do Whatever You Want Them to Do

Essential Excerpts: The Silent Tragedy Affecting Today's Children

The Teacher Crisis

Essential Excerpts: The Dumbing Effects of Smartphone Proximity

The 13 Most Important Questions For Every School Board Candidate

Why We Need to Ban Smartphones From School

Can We Love Our Kids Better?

Question This...

This is Life: Putting Chaos into Context

Will Millennials Be Left Behind?

Lessons From a Real Test

Kids These Days: A Social Collapse Generations in the Making

The 5 Ingredients of Our Dysfunctional Youth Development Paradigm

The Learning Gaps that Schools Can't Fill

Stuff that is Worth Your Time

Why Car Lines Shouldn't Exist

What Makes a Generation?

Why Rules Matter

What Subcultures Raise the Best Kids?

You are Not Enough and Other Essential Lessons for Your Children

Parenting in a Nutshell

Why You Need a Family Motto

What an Anxiety Disorder is Like and Why Mine Was a Gift

A Lesson From Captain Underpants

The Wrong Beliefs Can Kill You

Why I Want Your Kid to Have Misfortunes

Dear Parents, You’re Right to Question This Stuff…

Two Essential Family Practices

Could Chasing Grades Sabotage Your Kids?

The Most Influential Thing Parents Can Do (even more influential than your model)

How the Tech Insiders Parent Differently

These 6 Questions Will Help You Optimize Your Influence on Kids

A Parent's Guide to Hacking the Environment