Uploaded April 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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#booktube #zettelkasten #parenting

Today I'm going to talk about why I'm a bad parent and you should be too. This video essay is a result of lots of research and reading. Check out the resources below.

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00:00 Intro
01:53 You Must Stop the Most Unlikely Harms
02:19 Happiness Rhetoric
03:01 We're Building Kids with No Resilience
04:00 Most of life is a "wicked" learning environment
04:56 Risk is good for learning
06:05 Build Good Adults
08:54 Be a Terrible Parent Too

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