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The Best Advice I Got About My Child’s Smartphone Addiction

Great tips from readers — A year ago, I wrote a story called My daughter was a creative genius, and then we bought her an iPhone. It went viral— 219k views — with hundreds of people commenting. Some readers called me an idiot for the way I’d handled things; others made me laugh. Some shared…

Parenting

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The Best Advice I Got About My Child’s Smartphone Addiction
The Best Advice I Got About My Child’s Smartphone Addiction
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The Generator

·May 5

Newsbots are Coming for Your Jobs

AI and reporting — An old adage went that newsrooms were quiet because reporters were out interviewing people. Then they were quiet because reporters, instead of interviewing people, were silently scanning the Internet for news. With ChatGPT, the chatbot developed by OpenAI, newsrooms will be quiet because there won’t be any reporters. Media companies…

Artificial Intelligence

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Newsbots are Coming for Your Jobs
Newsbots are Coming for Your Jobs
Artificial Intelligence

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Mar 11

Saying Goodbye to Gretel

Sentimental car journey — I washed the car and put in premium gas before driving 80 miles to sell her for £250. Note the “her”. Our car isn’t an “it”. Not to us. We’ve had her for 25 years. Her name is Gretel. Our car still looks great (see photo), has under 93,000 miles…

Cars

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Saying Goodbye to Gretel
Saying Goodbye to Gretel
Cars

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Mar 5

I Used to Think 50 Was Old

The key to youth — The other day my neighbour asked my age. For a moment I couldn’t remember. I genuinely didn’t know. I had to do the math. It’s probably because after 50 I stopped counting. 50 was bad enough. On that birthday I was at a school quiz night with a table of…

Midlife

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I Used to Think 50 Was Old
I Used to Think 50 Was Old
Midlife

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Mar 2

Live Free and Prosper!

Setting free the mice — This morning I freed a mouse caught in a friendly trap under the kitchen sink. I fed he/she a couple pellets of dog food — they’re crazy about Harringtons all natural lamb and rice — and put him by a tree in the woods near our home. “Live free and…

Parenting

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Live Free and Prosper!
Live Free and Prosper!
Parenting

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Feb 24

Men Who Never Marry are More Likely to Die from Heart Failure

Heart Vows — Men who never marry are more than twice as likely to die from heart failure than married men, according to new research. The study based on data of 6,800 American adults (ages 45–84 of various ethnicities) compared the survival rates of those diagnosed with heart failure, looking at gender and…

Health

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Men Who Never Marry are More Likely to Die from Heart Failure
Men Who Never Marry are More Likely to Die from Heart Failure
Health

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Feb 17

Keeping Kids at the Table

Inclusive Parenting — When I was little and we ate with other families, the adults sat at one table (or one end of the table) and the kids at another. As soon as the meal ended, we children bolted. Occasionally, we might return for a short performance — a song or a skit…

Parenting

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Keeping Kids at the Table
Keeping Kids at the Table
Parenting

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Feb 10

Taxing Women for Having Kids

The Motherhood Penalty — You’ve always wanted a family but it’s never the right time. In your twenties you’re single and starting a career. In your early thirties you’ve got a partner, but your career is full swing and it’s too good to risk. Eventually, though, it’s now or never. It will be fine…

Parenthood

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Taxing Women for Having Kids
Taxing Women for Having Kids
Parenthood

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Feb 7

How NOT to Explain to a Child Why a Father Would Kill His Family

Sharing Scary News — We awoke yesterday to horrible news. The headmistress of a nearby boarding school, her husband, and their 7-year-old daughter, were found dead in a house on the school’s grounds. I wanted to explain the tragedy to my daughter before she heard it at school. But what would I say? The…

Parenting

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How NOT to Explain to a Child Why a Father Would Kill  His Family
How NOT to Explain to a Child Why a Father Would Kill  His Family
Parenting

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Jan 23

I Got My First Tip on Medium!

A thank you note — Dear Fred, I don’t know who you are or which post/s you read, but you are my new BFF on Medium. Here I was blogging away — and seriously wondering why I bother, given I earn less than supports a Starbucks’ habit — when your tip appeared in my PayPal…

Money

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I Got My First Tip on Medium!
I Got My First Tip on Medium!
Money

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SG Buckley

SG Buckley

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Writer, editor, parent. Former staffer at Quartz, WSJ and Inc. magazine.

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