Culture
The Muppets & The Poetry of Everyone
The radical act of finding joy in unfettered belonging
Culture
The radical act of finding joy in unfettered belonging
Culture
Now is the time to embrace imagination
News and Politics
Lessons in heartbreak and in holding each other up
Parenting
Listening to Minnesota’s youngest voices
News and Politics
And the ruggedness that grows from habits of care
News and Politics
Thinking about the past and present of child care hysteria
News and Politics
The tuning fork of children’s laughter
And about the seductive mirage of parents’ rights
We could prevent so much sorrow by getting better at sharing joy
And what we can all learn from the fierceness of their commitment
The Temptation of Protection & The Persistence of Hope
Notes on Hope is a soft landing place for reflection on holding hope in a worried world, resisting passivity, and parenting toward a better tomorrow. Subscribe for free to receive a weekly note.
It’s okay for children to know that
Because it’s hard to care when we’re always rushing
What we have to let go of if we want to live vibrant lives
And why we can’t afford to leave adults out of the frame of children's history
And her relentless insistence on hope and empathy
Resisting the instinct to hold vulnerability at a distance
An essential, concrete way to be of use today
Learning about resistance from children
What if we tried breathing together instead of rationing air
How we understand community and resist the appeal of bullies
The power in going big with your most playful impulses
Reflecting on the tyranny of a singular form of expression