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My daughters and I are huge fans of the TV show, The Office (the American version). We have the DVDs, we’ve watched every episode several times, and they get funnier each time. Now, admittedly, you may question the wisdom of allowing an eight-year-old to watch the show. But I always watch with her, and I skip through the inappropriate parts. …
Every Wednesday is Tip Day. This Wednesday: 7 tips for making other people feel smart and insightful. We all want to get along well with other people, and one way to do this is to help people feel good about themselves. If you make a person feel smart and insightful, that person will enjoy your company. The point is not …
This week marked a gigantic milestone in my extended family. Both my parents, and my husband’s parents, have now been married for fifty years. And my parents have been married for fifty-two years. Oddly, our two sets of parents have the same anniversary: March 27. That seemed very auspicious to me when I was dating my now-husband. It was a …
One of the things that surprises me most about happiness is the degree to which, for most people, outer order contributes to inner calm. More, really, than it should. In the context of life of a happy life, something like a crowded coat closet or an overflowing in-box seems trivial—and it is trivial—and yet I find that I get a …
Further Secrets of Adulthood: I learned this Secret from my favorite parenting book (which applies just as well to all relationships), Faber and Mazlish’s How To Talk So Kids Will Listen and Listen So Kids Will Talk. Agree? Disagree?
