My Thoughts and Articles
Grant Opportunity on Intellectual Humility
This is more of an announcement than a traditional blog post, but I wanted to let you know about a grant opportunity my colleagues and I are organizing on intellectual humility. Here are the details: Thanks to a generous grant from the John Templeton Foundation and support from the Center ...
Put Kids in a Position to Succeed
I was hanging out with some friends not too long ago, and their kiddo was having a tough time. Her behavior was deteriorating, she was having a temper tantrum, and she couldn’t be redirected. Her parents were getting frustrated with their child, and they were starting to lose their cool ...
Claim the Superpower of Curiosity
If you have spent much time hanging out with a 3-year-old, you know that one word comes out of their mouth more often than any other word: WHY? I remember spending a week camping with my wife’s family, and I got to spend a lot of time with my niece, ...
What is Love?
Love is perhaps the most important thing we desire, but we also tend to get confused about it. One of the things that is confusing about love is we don’t always have a good definition of it. We see two celebrities getting married after a few weeks of dating. Is ...
You Are Loved
Each fall, my wife's non-profit organization hosts the Replanted Conference, which is an event designed to support adoptive and foster families. (It is awesome--if you are interested in going, click here for more information. It's not very expensive, and they have both in-person and simulcast options.) We have a lot ...
Focus on Real Life Most of the Time
A couple years ago, I started playing this game on the computer, and it was addicting. I remember one weekend, I spent a few hours on the computer without even thinking about it. Have you ever had that experience? Maybe it’s a TV series on Netflix that you’re into, and ...
