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Intensive parenting: What's wrong with it from a Stoic perspective?
Helping kids "succeed" shouldn't be focused on racking up achievements. Intensive parenting sends the wrong message to our kids about what we value…
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Meredith Alexander Kunz
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Journal Like a Stoic: Connecting Our Everyday Reflections To Our Principles
In this new interview, Brittany Polat, the author of a book on Stoic journaling, shares how this practice can help us as caregivers and people. #Stoic…
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Meredith Alexander Kunz
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Why I write this newsletter
As Seneca said, we are all patients in the hospital—and there is no doctor. I'm not a parenting expert. Instead, I write to share thoughts and…
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Meredith Alexander Kunz
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Teens, social media, and mental health
Money-making platforms are having negative effects on plummeting teen mental health and well-being. Could a lawsuit change things? #Stoic #Stoicism…
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Meredith Alexander Kunz
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The problem for parents isn’t “workism,” it’s our expensive American lives
A new study showed parents hope their kids will find financial success and work happiness. That's a reflection of what families face in the US today …
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Meredith Alexander Kunz
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A new year's goal: Letting go of what others think
If some people don't like or approve of us, why should we care? Let's take a page from the Cynics and ignore their judgments. #Stoic #Stoicism
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Meredith Alexander Kunz
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Friendships formed in the trenches of parenting
During the early days of infant care, mothers' clubs can help combat isolation and confusion - and power relationships that uplift new parents.
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Meredith Alexander Kunz
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