parenting

Writing in Taimi Journal connected to parenting.

Family Life

How was school?

"How was school?" — "Fine." That might be the whole conversation. It doesn't mean the child is hiding anything — the real talk often shows up when you're not asking for it.

August 9, 20266 min

Family Life

It was never about the trousers

A child may not be fighting the trousers at all, but where getting dressed leads. The return to routine strains the whole family — so the most useful question is what can be left undone.

August 3, 20267 min

Family Life

The pressure to be a perfect parent is making us worse parents

Performance pressure in parenting doesn't help the child — it exhausts the parent. Chasing perfection is exactly what makes us irritable and absent.

June 18, 20265 min