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SG Buckley
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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
Parenting

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Jul 14

It’s Good to Be the King

Domestic Serfdom — We’re driving to Italy tomorrow from the UK. There are so many little things to do. I wonder what I’ve forgotten. …

Marriage

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It’s Good to Be the King
It’s Good to Be the King
Marriage

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Jul 3

Enough with the America Bashing

Independence from Stereotyping Day. Please. — I’m a big fan of Financial Times columnist Gillian Tett. I read her all the time. So imagine my irritation when a favorite British writer takes a gratuitous swipe at Americans. In a story about cell phones and the confusing near-coup in Russia, she writes: “If a revolution can be…

America

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Enough with the America Bashing
Enough with the America Bashing
America

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Jun 24

It’s the Little Things That Make Wimbledon Great

Community Spirit — I walk out my front door and run into my friend Tina. She’s rushing off for the first day of a new job: Wimbledon Driver. Like other people I know, Tina will be carting around the world’s greatest tennis players for the tournament, which starts on July 3. Locals are…

Tennis

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It’s the Little Things That Make Wimbledon Great
It’s the Little Things That Make Wimbledon Great
Tennis

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The Generator

·Jun 6

In Doubt as a Parent, Ask ChatGPT

Distracted Parenting — A friend’s son is bringing home a girlfriend. Like any good parent, the dad (an early Internet pioneer), consults ChatGPT for advice. “My 20-year-old son is bringing home his girlfriend to meet us for the first time,” he tells the chatbot, before adding a joke. …

ChatGPT

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In Doubt as a Parent, Ask ChatGPT
In Doubt as a Parent, Ask ChatGPT
ChatGPT

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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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SG Buckley

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

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