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← Kids have their own lives and parents should not try to apply their rules to them.

17 connected korrents · 16 moments from 13 Dec 1968 to 14 Oct 2026.

Everything filed under family family Everything filed under Attachment theory Attachment theory Everything filed under demographics demographics Everything filed under happiness happiness Everything filed under empathy empathy Everything filed under education education Everything filed under ambition ambition Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Kids have their own lives and parents should not try to apply their rules to them. Kids have their own lives and parentsshould not try to apply their rules tothem. Last stated a year ago 14 May 2025 DS Derek Sivers — holds since 2025-05-14 — tap for who they are Same subject: Reciprocity can serve as a rule for life: do not do to others what you do not want done to yourself — tap to centre the map on it Reciprocity can serve as a rule forlife: do not do to others what youdo not want done to yourself CO Confucius — holds since c. 551–479 BCE — tap for who they are Same subject: No one should pressure another person about whether to have children, since it is too personal a decision to be anyone else's business. — tap to centre the map on it No one should pressure anotherperson about whether to havechildren, since it is too personal adecision to be anyone else'sbusiness. Last stated 3 years ago 23 May 2023 TU Tim Urban — holds since 2023-05-23 — tap for who they are Same subject: Parenting has less influence on how children turn out than most parents assume. — tap to centre the map on it Parenting has less influence on howchildren turn out than most parentsassume. Last stated 12 months ago 24 Oct 2025 TU Tim Urban — holds since 2025-10-24 — tap for who they are Same subject: Parents and teachers are not trustworthy judges of how intelligent a young person is. — tap to centre the map on it Parents and teachers are nottrustworthy judges of howintelligent a young person is. Last stated 2 years ago 19 Feb 2025 BC Bryan Caplan — holds since 2025-02-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: Attitude, not the surrounding circumstances, determines how hard parenting feels. — tap to centre the map on it Attitude, not the surroundingcircumstances, determines how hardparenting feels. Last stated a year ago 18 Sept 2025 NE Nat Eliason — holds since 2025-09-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: Parents have an obligation to talk up having children, because the case against is made a thousand times louder than the case for. — tap to centre the map on it Parents have an obligation to talkup having children, because the caseagainst is made a thousand timeslouder than the case for. Last stated a year ago 12 Jul 2025 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2024-09-18 — tap for who they are DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2025-07-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: People are still judged for things entirely outside their control, things they were born with and cannot reasonably be expected to change. — tap to centre the map on it People are still judged for thingsentirely outside their control,things they were born with andcannot reasonably be expected tochange. Last stated a week ago 14 Oct 2026 SP Sunil Pai — holds since 2026-10-14 — tap for who they are Same subject: Being told to be realistic about your ambitions is how ambitions fail; the boundaries people accept about what they can do are the ones that stop them. — tap to centre the map on it Being told to be realistic aboutyour ambitions is how ambitionsfail; the boundaries people acceptabout what they can do are the onesthat stop them. Last stated 2 months ago 24 Aug 2026 MH Masud Husain — holds since 2026-08-24 — tap for who they are Same subject: A finite world can support only a finite population, so population growth must eventually reach zero — tap to centre the map on it A finite world can support only afinite population, so populationgrowth must eventually reach zero Last stated 58 years ago 13 Dec 1968 GH Garrett Hardin — holds since 1968-12-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: A mass death does not by itself produce a boom afterwards: expecting a pandemic to renew an economy on its own misreads what followed the Black Death. — tap to centre the map on it A mass death does not by itselfproduce a boom afterwards: expectinga pandemic to renew an economy onits own misreads what followed theBlack Death. Last stated 6 years ago 4 Jun 2020 AP Ada Palmer — holds since 2020-06-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: A model fitted only to trends in its own outcome cannot forecast anything, because it contains no variable anyone could change. — tap to centre the map on it A model fitted only to trends in itsown outcome cannot forecastanything, because it contains novariable anyone could change. Last stated 2 months ago 20 Aug 2026 LS Lyman Stone — holds since 2026-08-20 — tap for who they are Same subject: A person cannot both protect themselves emotionally and build intimacy with a partner at the same moment. — tap to centre the map on it A person cannot both protectthemselves emotionally and buildintimacy with a partner at the samemoment. Last stated 2 months ago 13 Aug 2026 TR Terry Real — holds since 2026-08-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: A pursue-withdraw dynamic between partners is self-sustaining and does not require either person to be at fault. — tap to centre the map on it A pursue-withdraw dynamic betweenpartners is self-sustaining and doesnot require either person to be atfault. Last stated 2 months ago 13 Aug 2026 TR Terry Real — holds since 2026-08-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: Attachment patterns tend to surface most clearly in the situations that carry the greatest emotional risk. — tap to centre the map on it Attachment patterns tend to surfacemost clearly in the situations thatcarry the greatest emotional risk. Last stated 4 months ago 11 Jun 2026 JM Julie Menanno — holds since 2026-06-11 — tap for who they are Same subject: A free person thinks about death least of all; their wisdom is a meditation on life, not death — tap to centre the map on it A free person thinks about deathleast of all; their wisdom is ameditation on life, not death BS Baruch Spinoza — holds since c. 1661–1675 — tap for who they are Same subject: A good life is forged from the very things that make it hard, since joy and pain in relationships come together. — tap to centre the map on it A good life is forged from the verythings that make it hard, since joyand pain in relationships cometogether. Last stated 4 years ago 13 Jan 2023 RW Robert Waldinger — holds since 2023-01-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: A good life rests on things that demand skill and effort from you, not on goods that arrive requiring none. — tap to centre the map on it A good life rests on things thatdemand skill and effort from you,not on goods that arrive requiringnone. Last stated 2 years ago 16 May 2024 LS L. M. Sacasas — holds since 2024-05-16 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Kids have their own lives and parents should not try to apply their rules to them. Last stated 14 May 2025 · a year ago Holds Derek Sivers Read this korrent →