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On Lottery Tickets and Other Good Investments
I’ve learned that the concept of hope is controversial. There are people who find hope so important they tattoo the word on their...
Melissa Stadler
Oct 30, 20226 min read


On High Fives and Other Threats
Attention parents. I don’t intend to use this blog to send out many danger warnings, but in this case, you may have already heard that...
Melissa Stadler
Oct 5, 20223 min read


On Sucking at New Things Out Loud
If I had to choose a single piece of parenting insight that easily creates long and awkward pauses in therapy sessions, it might be this...
Melissa Stadler
Sep 29, 20225 min read


On Catching and Being Caught
I'm not putting the photo for this post at the top of the page, because I have some explaining to do first. Remember yearbooks? I'm not...
Melissa Stadler
Sep 19, 20226 min read


On Being Complicit in Our Own Unraveling
This is Meredith the spider. In early June she built her web perfectly at face-height for me to walk right through it as I went out on my...
Melissa Stadler
Sep 15, 20225 min read
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