Let's get normal

Leveling the 'empathy gradient' has always been one of my biggest parenting challenges. In the last few years, it has felt more and more urgent.

A growing game genre replaces mayhem with thinking and empathy.

It's the first question mixed-belief couples hear. The answer is simple.

I’m not a social person myself, not a belonger. I’m an introvert and mostly happy that way. But there have been times when 'citizen of the world' didn't cut it. That's when I needed a crew.

Privilege is a concept with tremendous potential to move us forward. But when the word becomes an epithet, it loses its transformative power.

It's hard to live in a universe that doesn't care. So we give it a face.

In the shadow of a terrible loss, Thomas Henry Huxley wrote a moving testament to intellectual integrity.

Bedtime is an opportunity to share who you are, what you care about, and what you want your kids to know about the world.

The science you will never know can kill you, and it can save your life.

Our kids' generation sees religious disbelief as, you know...normal. Let's catch up.