The Season Opener: the one meeting we hold before school starts
Fall is my busiest work season. Sixty minutes in August is how our house runs without me. The whole meeting, start to finish, plus the printable kit.
The Crane Mother
The Crane Mother explores intentional parenting, ambition, creativity, and family life through honest reflections on raising resilient, emotionally secure children in a rapidly changing world.
Live Last read · last published · next check
Latest posts
The Middle School Pecking Order
Real stories from moms who lived it, the research behind them, and the 6 conversations I'm having with Elise before middle school
The Skills They Need Before the Bus Comes: A Guide from Kindergarten to Graduation
Age-by-age skills — from memorizing your phone number to cooking dinner solo — that turn back-to-school rhythm into real independence.
6 Teaching Moments in Travel Your Kids Never Know Are Happening
The secret is that I acted like the most INCOMPETENT crane mother in the world.
5 Controversial Things We Do at Creativity Camp (That Are Working)
Five things we do that sound harsh on paper and build the most confident girls I've ever seen.
What This Fourth of July Means to an American Born Chinese Daughter
My father was born in a cave during an air raid. My mother crossed an ocean for a degree. Here is the country they built for me.
My Free Summer Chore Checklist
The most boring thing I've ever made that actually works.
The Greatest Classroom Doesn't Have Four Walls
8 things that quietly shifted in my daughter, and me, after ten days in a rainforest
The Summer Family Meeting: How We Do It, Why It Works, and the Free Template
I don’t remember exactly when I started running my family like a business.
My Son Just Finished Freshman Year. Here Are the 20 Lessons I Learned.
The lessons about life, character and becoming a good man that I wish I had said out loud sooner.