One trick I’ve noticed that you use to make your writing click is your use of the word “trick”. Everyone always wants to know the “trick” to do something, and even seeing the word in a tweet sparks curiosity! I don’t know if it’s intentional, but it sure is clever.
When your child is 5, the two of you are actors in a play. When he's 10, it's more often the case that he and his friends are the actors, and you are the stage crew. One tends to mess up this transition. My trick is to make a conscious effort to notice which times I'm stage crew.
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I'm naturally inclined to solve problems, so when I write about something, my next thought is how to deal with it. Plus there's a lot of selection bias at work: I'm more likely to tweet about things I've discovered tricks for dealing with.
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At age 15, you are the chauffeur.
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when he's 15, it's a private showing. and you're not on the list.
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Ugh, I'm not looking forward to that...
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Just like your start up essays, your thoughts on parenting (expounded from tweets) would probably have a seminal impact
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If I didn't have a seminal impact, I wouldn't be a parent at all.
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A very critical (for the emotianal safety of a child ) is the phase when child is 1 or less... Where are you in that time? Working or else?
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When he's 14, you're the critic who's given him an awful review and now he's trying to have you removed from the theatre.
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Thank you Paul, I'm still with 5 and 8, but I'll keep it in mind. Any trick to let my wife know that his 5 and 8 are not "her babies" anymore?
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