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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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5 days ago

I Want Some Joy for Christmas

Holiday Cheer — It’s three weeks ‘til Christmas and already I’m stressed. There’s so much to do. Shopping, decorating, a tree to buy, gifts to pack and ship to the US, thank you notes/gifts/money for teachers, charities, trash collectors, our postman. The school raffle and fair. …

Christmas

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I  Want Some Joy for Christmas
I  Want Some Joy for Christmas
Christmas

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Nov 23

The Loneliest Season

Coping with loss during the holidays — My brother Mitch lost his husband in October. A blood clot; gone in an instant. “God needed Joe for other things,” explained Mitch, not one usually given to spirituality. I’ve been thinking about grief lately. How you cope with great loss, and particularly how you cope during the holiday season. …

Loss

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The Loneliest Season
The Loneliest Season
Loss

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Oct 10

We Know Less Than We Think

Armchair Pundits — Friends are over for dinner. We talk about pollution and the future of food, and is it morally right to eat meat (we’re having steak). Ice cream is served and it’s onto politics, Ukraine and possible corruption in Ukraine. Things get a little heated — everyone has such strong opinions…

Media

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We Know Less Than We Think
We Know Less Than We Think
Media

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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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SG Buckley

SG Buckley

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

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