How Should Adults Interfere with Child’s Play?
Play is the highest form of research. – Albert Einstein When adults fear for their children’s future success, they tend to see play as a frivolous waste of time. They are just as wrong about that...
View ArticleI Hate Him
“I hate him,” said Gabby when I asked her to tell me about her teenage son. When we met for the first time, I asked her to tell me about her kids, and she said, “Jonathan is 25 working for Google in...
View ArticleAdolescence Is Hard
The path is never straight, and the parenting is rarely easy. Susan (19) hates Columbia. Wants to drop out, Considered suicide. Hates therapy and her therapist. Her mother says: “She’s always had...
View ArticleThe No Smoking Lecture
A number of years ago, as I was driving north with my nineteen-year old daughter, she said: “Dad, you never gave me the No Smoking Lecture.” “I know,” I replied. “I always trusted you.” “But I needed...
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