Archive - Kidding Around

What Individual Parents Can Do: College Edition 2 of 2

How kids succeed at college - plus AI college counselors.

Jun 28 •

What Individual Parents Can Do: College Edition 1 of 2

College done right remains a great bet.

Jun 15 •

December 2024

What We Learn From Birth Order

First-born kids do better and that's ok.

Dec 31, 2024 •

September 2024

Kids Need More Political Power

So let's give it to them

Sep 3, 2024 •

July 2024

What Individual Parents Can Do: Extracurricular Activities

Are all those piano and taekwondo lessons a good idea?

Jul 22, 2024 •

March 2024

What Individual Parents Can Do: Sugar Edition

Lessons from a bittersweet new study

Mar 23, 2024 •

January 2024

What Individual Parents Can Do

A new series against my better judgment.

Jan 26, 2024 •

December 2023

Kids Books Are For Parents!

A better way to increase early childhood reading.

Dec 13, 2023 •

November 2023

The race between AI and HI

Another good reason to invest in real people.

Nov 18, 2023 •

October 2023

The Two-Parent Diversion

Why focusing on family structure is not a promising way to help more kids thrive.

Oct 15, 2023 •

September 2023

Welcome to Kidding Around

A blog about kids, parenting, economics, and other fun stuff by the author of The Parent Trap.

Sep 18, 2023 •

July 2023

This is Kidding Around.

Jul 25, 2023 •

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