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Every column published so far (22 in total): morning routines, what to say to kids, habit-building, and the parent's own feelings — newest first.

2026-05-11
My kid forgets to even look at the list — working memory and remembering to remember
My kid forgets to even look at the to-do list I wrote for him. A note on workplace schedulers, presupposition questions, and working memory research — and what's actually going on with kid memory.
2026-05-08
My kid says "I did it" when he didn't — "did it" and "done" are different things
'Brush your teeth' — 'I did it' — 'you're literally just holding the toothbrush in your mouth.' The kid's 'I did it' and the parent's 'done' are different things. Same structure as a requirements-vs-implementation gap at work.