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Gentle Parenting Your Kids and Yourself at the Same Time
How our parenting instincts were written for us years ago, and why it's hard to go off-script
Mar 31, 2023 • Brad Kelley
Bracing for Baby Number Two
How a DIY-induced Proustian Rush got me thinking about the differences between preparing for first and second kids
Apr 7, 2023 • Brad Kelley
AwesomeDad Takes It Too Far Once Again
Why channeling Kermit nearly injured a five-year-old girl (yes, I'm blaming the frog)
Apr 14, 2023 • Brad Kelley
Redefining Sass in Childhood
A simple essay descends into a rant in front of your very eyes
Jul 31, 2023 • Brad Kelley
🖐️ Here’s Five Bluey Episodes That Made Me a Better Parent
This newsletter stans Bluey
Aug 9, 2023 • Brad Kelley
Congratulations on the Birth of Your Existential Crisis
How wandering around a maternity ward half-asleep kick-started the breakdown of my life as I knew it - and why I'm glad it did
Mar 24, 2023 • Brad Kelley
Picky Eating and How to Overcome It
A Q&A with Dahlia Rimmon from I'm Always in the Kitchen
Apr 23, 2023 • Dahlia Rimmon and Brad Kelley
I'll Handle It, Thanks Very Much
Why it's not OK to discipline someone else's child, and why I'm a massive hypocrite
Oct 18, 2024 • Brad Kelley
Trials of the Older Sibling
How new arrivals impact kids as well as parents - in the most unexpected ways
May 5, 2023 • Brad Kelley
Promoting Pawns
Five things my recent chess obsession remind me about parenting
Oct 25, 2024 • Brad Kelley
Confessions of an Obsessive Parent
or; smashing the bedtime routine into lots of tiny pieces with a massive sledgehammer
Jun 23, 2023 • Brad Kelley
Tapping Out at 7am
Wake me up when September starts
Aug 14, 2023 • Brad Kelley
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