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A growing game genre replaces mayhem with thinking and empathy.
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Sometimes 'citizen of the world' didn't cut it. That's when I needed a crew.
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When 'privileged' becomes an epithet, it loses its power.
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It's hard to live in a universe that doesn't care. So we give it a face.
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In the shadow of his terrible loss, Huxley wrote a moving testament to integrity.
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The science you will never know can kill you, and it can save your life.
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Our kids' generation sees religious disbelief as kind of...normal. Let's catch up.
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When teaching your kids about religion, cast a (very) wide net.
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Once my daughter decided what she believed, there was another question waiting.
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Our conversation about moral development is all wrong.
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Leveling the 'empathy gradient' has been one of my biggest parenting challenges.
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Bertrand Russell was a champion of clear thinking. But when he felt vulnerable, another value took over.
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The playful fib can serve a serious purpose in raising critical thinkers.
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Don't teach kids to obey without thinking -- or they just might.
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It's the first question mixed-belief couples hear. The answer is simple.
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They were two of our earliest parenting decisions, and we blew it both times.
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59% of nonreligious Americans who are married have a religious partner.
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It's a fair question. Fortunately there's a very good answer.
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A simple exchange in a middle school cafeteria touched on a famous study in conformity.
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Losing Max was the start of my daughter's education in grief and healing.
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I found a fun, natural way for my kids to really meet their dad.
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We wanted the assistant principal's head on a platter. But some things mattered more.
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I would not allow my daughter's scientific accomplishment to be erased.
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Even the best science standards can be undercut by one misguided educator.
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When my nonreligious family moved south, I was wound a little tight.
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After my girls heard myths every night for weeks...the Bronze Age suddenly broke loose.
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Both Darwin's theory and his personal opinions took a long, difficult road to reach us.
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Kids should learn about evolution the same way evolution happens -- in small steps over many years.
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Before we talk about how to introduce kids to evolution, let's talk about why.
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The last episode in the curiosity series gets practical: What exactly can we do to raise curious kids?
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To raise a curious kid, you'll have to fight the culture a bit.
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Could I find one core value at the center of my parenting? I was curious.
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Fear is okay for a visit, but your kids shouldn't live there.
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When parents invent monsters to scare their children safe, it comes at a cost.
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Don't assume your kids know they have the freedom to think.
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On life and death, and wonder, and boxer shorts.
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The Santa myth is the greatest gift a rational worldview ever had.
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One sentence from my four-year-old boy launched Parenting Beyond Belief and Raising Freethinkers.
