What I am Reading

Food for Thought and I am gainfully employed

So, I started a new job this week which is fortunate because it coincides with me giving you a bunch of articles to read that are not by me.

A while back I figured out three things:

1. I cannot create enough content to be your lone source of information, advice, and connection.

2. Other people are really great writers too and you should read them even if it is at my expense in the long run.

3. I am really good at curating content to help others. My wife likes to pretend I am a library of information. She isn’t wrong.

So, every month I am going to pass out some of the best articles, videos, books, and games that I have found to help you out in the areas that I miss.

This month it happens to be all articles great if you like reading :)

5 Reads

Your Kid has 27 Different Emotions - Parent Cue

I can still remember my wife walking me through a feelings chart after being married a few years. Sometimes, I still need help. This article is a reminder of how complex are children can be feeling.

Talking About Hard Things with Your Kids - 5 Step Approach - Emily Oster

I read Emily Oster all the time because she does her best to provide research-backed answers. She strays from being too advice heavy and lets the studies speak for themselves (flaws and all). In a time of war and pandemic, your kids might have some tough questions. Here is a tool for you to handle just such topics.

8 Important Questions To Know About Your Partner - Fatherly

Remember being a Father isn’t just about the kids. It is about your spouse or partner as well. They are a key determiner in your success as a father. Better brush up on your relationship. Also, PSA Mothers Day is May 8 this year. Start now.

How to Get Your Kids to Open Up - Fatherly

Remember those feelings we were talking about earlier. Welp sometimes, like us, our kids don’t want to tell us about them. Here are some tips to help them open up.

The Scam of Parenting - Fatherly

Sometimes the best thing we can do to understand our lives is to step back and take a look at where all the money is going. This article opens up the conversation into some of the deeper systemic issues around parenting. Is it perfect - nope. Is some of the research referenced a little biased - yep. But, it does raise important issues into the anxiety and cost of parenting or parenthood as I like to say. Again you can step back and make your own call about your own life, but if you’re feeling stressed and you haven’t a clue why. This article may give you some interesting answers and definitely some better questions to ask.

A quote from the article:

And this is how parenting explodes. An increased economic burden on parents is coupled with competition for access to opportunity. Anxiety becomes a given. And that anxiety changes social norms at speed, giving rise to the youth sports-industrial complex, the test prep industry, and all that homework. So much for disorganized games of stickball.

What I am reading:

Dan Pink

What I am reading next? You choose in the comments.

Brene Brown or Anne Lamott