
Raising a family that can matter. I write about what that takes and why — because I want you to build your own.
| Platform | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Weekly | |
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| Issues | 47 | Founded | 2 years ago | Last Issue | a month ago |
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Last week I shared the tools and resources we actually use with our kids. This is the deeper layer: the environments those tools belong inside.
USNA’s particle accelerator. I spent days in the basement learning from this machine
When I wa...
When I started homeschooling, I was looking for an educational philosophy. Something I could adopt and follow. It was only when I gave up on that and started making the actual decisions — what to teach, what to drop, what to try again diffe...
My father used to have this overstuffed leather recliner. Maroon originally, but by the time I remember it the cracked leather was more of burnt brown. It was the center of gravity in the family room. Every evening we’d settle in to watch t...
It’s late. My son is on my shoulder and I’m holding The Two Towers with one hand, trying not to drop it.
We’re deep in the chapter where Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli meet the Riders of Rohan. The three of them have been running for days acr...
A father told me about his son’s “thousand yard stare.” His boy comes home from school every day and stares off in the distance, like a soldier returned from war. “The worst part is,” he tells me, “I remember that feeling from when I was a...
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A small number of serious, fully formed people will bend the course of history. It's the only thing that ever has. I believe it's my obligation to form my children into people with the capacity to try. I write about what that takes.
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