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forget about the day you did no dishes or laundry and it all
piled up, but you'll remember all the hours you snuggled
and cuddled with your infant. In five years, those dishes
won't matter, but those snuggles always will.
• And, beautifully, wonderfully, You are not alone. even if
you live in the wilderness, hundreds of miles from other
people, in this day and age, if you're reading this, you are
not alone. What a wonderful gift. I have greatly appreciated,
loved, and felt blessed by the amazing communities
I've found both online and out and about as a parent. Find
your communities, wherever they may lie, and enjoy them.
You are not alone.
http://www.quora.com/l/boq-alecia-li-morgan
parenting
My kids have started learning
chess. Is it a good idea to let them
beat me sometimes to encourage
them?
Jimmy Wales, Wikipedia founder and Wikia cofounder
Here's what I do. Before we play, I ask my daughter if she
wants to play "the teaching way" or straight. "The teaching
way" means that after each of her moves, I help her analyze it
and suggest improvements and point out any errors that I see.
Such games tend to be very closely matched since, after all, it
ends up being her+me against just me.
But she also enjoys playing straight sometimes, and then
what's fair is fair.
I think it's absolutely a bad idea to let a kid win falsely to
boost their confidence — it's false confidence. But I also don't
agree with a hardcore "never let them win until they force it."
I have found my hybrid "teaching way" to allow me to teach
her the game more quickly.