Your Childhood Is Not Your Excuse One has little discretion over the quality of the raising he enjoyed or merely endured as a child, but when one becomes an emancipated adult, one CHOOSES whether to follow his parents’ example or not.

You don’t get to choose your childhood, but you absolutely choose your adulthood.

And if your parents got it wrong? Then you already know what not to do.

That’s a truth a lot of people don’t want to hear.

https://ow.ly/xchM50YAr7a

How ‘Helping’ Your Child Is Hurting Them Back in the day, parents were merely trying to grow good citizens, people who demonstrated love for their neighbors.

The more we make life easy for kids, the harder life becomes for them later.

More Therapists Won’t Save Our Kids I find it to be simultaneously hilarious and pitiful that when evidence of our child mental health crisis becomes impossible to ignore, the proposed solution is ALWAYS more mental health professionals.

What has happened to our children?

More therapists.
Worse mental health.

Does that make sense?

Read: https://ow.ly/zcus50YxOQs

Why ‘You Can Be Anything You Want’ Sets Kids up for Disappointment A grandmother recently told me that her son and daughter-in-law have told her only grandchild, an 8-year-old, that he can be anything he wants to be in life.

A grandmother recently told me she was furious after hearing her son tell his child:

“You can be anything you want to be.”

Her response was immediate: “That’s baloney.”

She may have a point.

My latest column: https://ow.ly/Born50YqVNA

I Am a Member of the Last Generation of American Children Who… If you value traditional, common-sense parenting wisdom, consider becoming a paid subscriber.

I am a member of the last generation of American children whose parents were not trying to be our friends.

They were raising adults.

Humility was expected.
Manners were required.
“No” meant no.

Somewhere along the way, childhood changed.

New essay: https://ow.ly/hoF550YnGW8

Why I Don’t Have and Never Did Have ADHD My mother was a single parent for most of the first seven years of my life.

We were afraid of our mothers.
Not abused. Not traumatized.
Afraid in the biblical sense.

By first grade, we could sit still in a classroom of 50 children.
We weren’t smarter. We were raised differently.
Essay: https://ow.ly/tF9m50Yj1pu

CBD Moms, Dandelions, Orchids, and Why You Should Raise an Oak Tree I met a fellow once—it was probably in the late 1990s—who told me his daughter worked in the corporate offices of Parents magazine.

Dandelions, orchids… and CBD moms going bat-guano crazy! Stop fussing and raise a strong, resilient child — an oak, not a fragile flower.

📖 Read more: https://ow.ly/o9lk50YgMLC

I Have ADHD—And So Does Everyone Else, Apparently How a Fake Diagnosis Became an Identity, an Entitlement, and a Cash Machine

I have ADHD… and so does everyone else, apparently.

ADHD isn’t real. The behaviors—forgetfulness, impulsivity, distractibility—are real. The label? A profit machine for schools, insurers & pharma.

Full story here →

Why You Can Skip Jordan Peterson and Just Read Me Common-Sense Parenting Without the Word Salad

Jordan Peterson has a new parenting series. I watched it. I still have no idea what he’s saying. 🤷‍♂️

So I translated it. Plain English. Real advice on discipline, common sense, and raising kids.

👉https://ow.ly/B9ah50Y7Ifl

Why Modern Psychology Knows Nothing About Children—and Never Did A fellow came up to me after a talk I’d given somewhere in America.

Modern psychology promised to help parents. It failed. Self-esteem theory, behavior modification, Freud—post-1960s “progressive” parenting has made children less happy, less disciplined, and more troubled.

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God Gave Principles, Not Paddles Why the Bible does not command parents to spank—and never did

A reader asked: “Does the Bible really command parents to spank for every offense?”

The answer may surprise you: It doesn’t.

In my latest essay, I explain why the “rod” of Proverbs is not a paddle and how God gives parents principles, not methods.

👉 https://ow.ly/6yIR50XZL8N

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The Neurodivergence Scam: How Big Mental Health Misleads Parents A mother writes, “My ten-year-old son has recently been diagnosed with attention deficit disorder.

Your child isn’t broken.

In my latest Substack, I explain why “neurodivergence” isn’t real—and who benefits from pretending it is.

Read: https://ow.ly/7uly50XV6vw

Modern parenting has become micromanagement.

When adults take responsibility for everything, children learn responsibility for nothing.

Latest Substack: https://ow.ly/34Pg50XSHmQ

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New Year, new parenting resolutions. ✨ Teach respect, set boundaries, limit screens, and prioritize family time. Raise kids who are capable, not spoiled: https://ow.ly/1OXf50XQ64A

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Through the magic of making do, children exercise imagination, initiative, creativity, intelligence, resourcefulness, and self-reliance. Making do is not only the essence of truly creative play—it’s also the story of the advancement of the human race.

The holidays don’t cancel the rules of good behavior. Excitable kids can turn gatherings into chaos—but letting “holiday excitement” excuse bad behavior only makes it worse. Read more: https://ow.ly/9Qwo50XMY2P

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“The problem isn’t that Johnny can’t think. It’s that he confuses thinking with feeling.” —Thomas Sowell

That insight explains a great deal about modern parenting and education.

https://ow.ly/UqtE50XJkHh

For decades I’ve taken heat for saying something unfashionable: kids don’t need emotionally obsessed parents—they need clear authority and adult agreement. Parenting used to be common sense. Now it’s ideology.

🔗 Read here: https://ow.ly/cmaB50XFl4m

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Why do sane women go bonkers after becoming moms?

The Good Mommy Scam is real, exhausting, and everywhere.

Time for a retro-revolution in parenting.

Read more 👉 https://ow.ly/iqBq50XzNn9

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Anxious, overthinking, micromanaging moms: you’re not crazy—you’re trapped in the “Loop of Ever-Escalating Insanity.”

The cure? It’s not charts, methods, or experts. It’s a mindset shift that puts parenting back in perspective.

Read the full column: https://ow.ly/5ttP50Xwz5Z

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Parents, here’s the truth: you’re taking your children too seriously. Raising kids deserves seriousness—kids themselves? Not so much. Learn why modern parenting creates chaos and how to stay the adult in the room.

👉https://ow.ly/1xmJ50XsnYi

In 1957, my principal said, “Meet standards or flunk.”
No lawsuits. No therapy. No “support animals.”
Just accountability — and we survived.
Now half of all grades are A’s.
Think kids got smarter? Spoiler: they didn’t.

👉 https://ow.ly/j4zi50XpFar

Kids shouting “6/7” isn’t just a goofy meme.

It’s laughter built on nothing meaning anything.

Cute?
Or a sign that the culture is teaching kids emptiness before they can spell it?

Worth thinking about.

https://ow.ly/xO9750XkAM3

“Parenting” didn’t exist before 1960 — and somehow kids turned out fine.

I know, because I was one of them.

Then I tried the new way… and almost lost my sanity.

Here’s what happened when I went back to Because I Said So.

https://ow.ly/tw8050Xjltl

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Once upon a time, a teacher said, “I’m calling your parents.” One student’s bullying stopped, and a simple conversation plus supportive parents changed everything. Today, too many kids know parents won’t back the teacher.

Read the full story:
https://ow.ly/U2c750Xf9iW

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John Rosemond (@johnrosemond) Everyone’s asking me for back-to-school tips. Here’s the first, and probably the only one you really need: Get. Over. Your. Child. They’re not flawless, not fragile, and not the center of the univer...

Back-to-school tip #1: Get over your child.

They’re not royalty. They’re not flawless. And they’ll have a better year once you stop pretending otherwise.

More of my “unpopular” truths here:

FAFO Parenting: When Adults Decide to Act Like Children I was the first mental health professional to take a public stand against the insanity of so-called “gentle parenting.” To be exact, my first of six syndicated columns to take aim at the latest expres...

"Out-feral your feral child”? Seriously?

That’s the advice behind the new FAFO parenting trend. One mom throws her kid in a swimming pool for squirting her with a water gun. Another tosses dinner in the trash to teach a lesson.

This isn’t parenting, it’s performance.

Guest Post: When Neurodivergence Isn’t a Trend: It’s a Life By Sarah Kernion

I said ADHD isn’t a disease, neurodiversity is mostly nonsense, and mental health pros are peddling snake oil. Enter Sarah Kernion—mom to two profoundly autistic kids. She disagrees. And yet, we agree more than you'd think. Her essay, my response. No spin. Just truth.

The Statute of Limitations on Excuses Why Your Kid’s Behavior Is Still Your Fault (Until It Isn’t)

“When does bad parenting’s statute of limitations expire?”

Age 18.

So before that… who’s responsible?

👀 Why time-outs fail
⚠️ Why toddlers need consequences
💥 Why discipline must shape responsibility

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