Parenting

TagLast edit: 27 Feb 2021 20:47 UTC by riceissa

Parenting, i.e. how to raise children well.

External links: Baby sign language

Bets, Bonds, and Kindergarteners

jefftk3 Jan 2021 21:20 UTC

404 points

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(www.jefftk.com)

Childhoods of exceptional people

Henrik Karlsson6 Feb 2023 17:27 UTC

306 points

58 comments15 min readLW link

(escapingflatland.substack.com)

Notes on “The Anthropology of Childhood”

juliawise27 Aug 2020 17:11 UTC

183 points

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Contract Fraud

jefftk1 Mar 2023 3:10 UTC

85 points

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(www.jefftk.com)

How to parent more predictably

jefftk10 Jul 2018 15:18 UTC

77 points

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Growing Independence

jefftk7 Jun 2020 20:20 UTC

180 points

27 comments10 min readLW link

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Experiences raising children in shared housing

juliawise21 Dec 2021 17:09 UTC

116 points

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parenting rules

Dave Orr21 Dec 2020 19:48 UTC

152 points

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Reflections on six months of fatherhood

jasoncrawford31 Jan 2022 5:28 UTC

362 points

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(jasoncrawford.org)

Notes from “Don’t Shoot the Dog”

juliawise2 Apr 2021 16:34 UTC

225 points

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[Question] Effective children education

kotrfa3 Jun 2020 20:35 UTC

49 points

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Making Up Baby Signs

jefftk9 May 2023 16:40 UTC

45 points

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Prioritizing Parental Sleep

jefftk30 Sep 2022 2:10 UTC

76 points

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Sleep Training

jefftk5 Oct 2022 2:10 UTC

36 points

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Parenting: “Try harder next time” is bad advice for kids too

Steven Byrnes20 Dec 2021 14:18 UTC

56 points

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“Eating Dirt Benefits Kids” is Basically Made Up

Elizabeth8 Oct 2021 8:30 UTC

64 points

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(acesounderglass.com)

Kids Posts Retrospective

jefftk1 Apr 2022 14:10 UTC

73 points

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Grandpa Has Different Rules

jefftk22 Jan 2022 3:30 UTC

44 points

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[Question] Should I delay having children to take advantage of polygenic screening?

Mati_Roy19 Dec 2021 6:39 UTC

54 points

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Kids Roaming

jefftk4 Sep 2021 14:20 UTC

33 points

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Late-talking kids and “Einstein syndrome”

Steven Byrnes3 Feb 2021 15:16 UTC

34 points

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Watching themselves

jefftk12 Feb 2021 22:20 UTC

48 points

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some random parenting ideas

mike_hawke13 Feb 2021 15:53 UTC

38 points

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Childhood Roundup #1

Zvi6 Jan 2023 13:00 UTC

83 points

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(thezvi.wordpress.com)

More notes from raising a late-talking kid

Steven Byrnes20 Dec 2022 2:13 UTC

38 points

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Experiences in applying “The Biodeterminist’s Guide to Parenting”

juliawise17 Jul 2015 19:19 UTC

122 points

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Phone Number Jingle

jefftk23 May 2023 15:20 UTC

11 points

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(www.jefftk.com)

Book Review: How To Talk So Little Kids Will Listen

weft14 Oct 2021 6:56 UTC

73 points

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Equal Parenting Advice for Dads

jefftk12 Sep 2021 11:33 UTC

36 points

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Childcare III

jefftk12 Sep 2021 1:30 UTC

35 points

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(www.jefftk.com)

Bring up Genius

Viliam8 Jun 2017 17:44 UTC

101 points

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Predicting Parental Emotional Changes?

jefftk6 Jul 2022 13:50 UTC

39 points

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Another Calming Example

jefftk3 Jun 2022 2:20 UTC

39 points

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Increase Your Child’s Working Memory

James_Miller27 Nov 2016 21:57 UTC

8 points

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[Question] Rationality for Kids?

goose00016 Sep 2020 22:58 UTC

49 points

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Playground Game: Monster

jefftk6 Nov 2022 16:00 UTC

14 points

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Simplifying Board Games

jefftk31 May 2020 14:10 UTC

28 points

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[Question] Do children lose ‘childlike curiosity?’ Why?

Raemon29 Jun 2019 22:42 UTC

43 points

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Parenting and Happiness

jefftk3 Oct 2012 13:43 UTC

39 points

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Bed time stories with clear concepts

Gunnar_Zarncke1 Sep 2013 12:26 UTC

42 points

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Ignorance in parenting

Gunnar_Zarncke3 Sep 2013 10:00 UTC

17 points

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Soft Paternalism in Parenting

Gunnar_Zarncke4 Jan 2014 15:52 UTC

55 points

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Book Review: Kazdin’s The Everyday Parenting Toolkit

Gunnar_Zarncke31 Mar 2014 21:29 UTC

21 points

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Raising numerate children

Gunnar_Zarncke30 Aug 2013 23:44 UTC

51 points

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Parenting Technique: Increase Your Child’s Working Memory

James_Miller29 Jun 2015 19:51 UTC

21 points

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[Question] What should I teach to my future daughter?

Anabel RC19 Jun 2020 0:32 UTC

5 points

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Book review: My Hidden Chimp

Bucky4 Mar 2019 9:55 UTC

28 points

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Rational Parenting?

jdinkum8 Jun 2011 3:43 UTC

28 points

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On the Care and Feeding of Young Rationalists

MBlume13 Mar 2009 23:48 UTC

31 points

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Ideal Number of Parents

jefftk4 Oct 2019 20:00 UTC

20 points

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The Typing Game

jefftk13 Apr 2020 15:30 UTC

13 points

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Helping Lily Make Dinner

jefftk27 Apr 2020 2:10 UTC

15 points

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Bedtime reminiscences

Kaj_Sotala19 Feb 2021 11:50 UTC

16 points

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(kajsotala.fi)

Less Wrong Parents

saliency3 Nov 2012 4:59 UTC

19 points

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Anna and Oliver discuss Children and X-Risk

Raemon26 Feb 2021 0:07 UTC

51 points

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Enabling Children

lincolnquirk3 Mar 2021 0:02 UTC

53 points

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Bakeoff

jefftk7 Mar 2021 1:30 UTC

26 points

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(www.jefftk.com)

Thinking About College Funding

jefftk9 Sep 2021 19:20 UTC

17 points

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Kids Moving Pictures

jefftk18 Sep 2021 2:00 UTC

10 points

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What’s your plan?

jefftk13 Oct 2021 1:20 UTC

28 points

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Successful Mentoring on Parenting, Arranged Through LessWrong

supposedlyfun and Gunnar_Zarncke

21 Oct 2021 8:27 UTC

79 points

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Child Walksheds

jefftk25 Oct 2021 21:00 UTC

25 points

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How Much is a Sweet?

jefftk30 Oct 2021 15:50 UTC

23 points

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Baby Sister Numbers

jefftk4 Nov 2021 1:10 UTC

42 points

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Snoo App Thoughts

jefftk29 Nov 2021 16:40 UTC

11 points

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Baby Nicknames

jefftk13 Dec 2021 2:20 UTC

11 points

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Teaching Street Crossing

jefftk16 Jan 2022 20:20 UTC

38 points

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Book notes: “The Origins of You: How Childhood Shapes Later Life”

juliawise28 Jan 2022 20:00 UTC

30 points

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January 2022 Time Tracking

jefftk2 Feb 2022 22:00 UTC

17 points

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(www.jefftk.com)

Meadow Theory

[DEACTIVATED] Duncan Sabien9 Mar 2022 17:13 UTC

127 points

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Approach to Screen Time

jefftk2 Apr 2022 22:20 UTC

26 points

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Baby Sleep: Multiple Rooms

jefftk6 Apr 2022 2:20 UTC

21 points

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Buy-in Before Randomization

jefftk9 Apr 2022 1:30 UTC

26 points

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Common Knowledge is a Circle Game for Toddlers

ryan_b13 Apr 2022 15:24 UTC

58 points

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Only Asking Real Questions

jefftk14 Apr 2022 15:50 UTC

126 points

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(www.jefftk.com)

[Question] Should you kiss it better?

Yair Halberstadt19 May 2022 3:58 UTC

9 points

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[Link] Childcare : what the science says

Gunnar_Zarncke24 Jun 2022 21:45 UTC

45 points

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(criticalscience.medium.com)

Child Contracting

jefftk26 Jun 2022 2:30 UTC

48 points

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Babysitting as Parenting Trial?

jefftk7 Jul 2022 13:20 UTC

46 points

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Perverse Independence Incentives

jefftk31 Jul 2022 14:40 UTC

58 points

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Two Kids Crosswise

jefftk5 Aug 2022 2:40 UTC

16 points

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Stop Discouraging Microwave Formula Preparation

jefftk2 Sep 2022 2:10 UTC

68 points

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First we shape our social graph; then it shapes us

Henrik Karlsson7 Sep 2022 15:50 UTC

50 points

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(escapingflatland.substack.com)

Pretending not to Notice

jefftk19 Sep 2022 2:30 UTC

46 points

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Baby Monitor with Delay

jefftk3 Oct 2022 1:40 UTC

12 points

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Will you let your kid play football?

5hout4 Oct 2022 17:48 UTC

14 points

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Spectrum of Independence

jefftk5 Nov 2022 2:40 UTC

45 points

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What’s the Alternative to Independence?

jefftk13 Nov 2022 15:30 UTC

50 points

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Nook Nature

[DEACTIVATED] Duncan Sabien5 Dec 2022 4:10 UTC

52 points

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Secular Solstice for children

juliawise and denkenberger

22 Dec 2022 14:33 UTC

29 points

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Teaching Simple Boundaries

jefftk5 Feb 2023 17:30 UTC

23 points

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Duploish Marble Runs

jefftk27 Mar 2023 12:20 UTC

26 points

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Childhood Roundup #2

Zvi11 Apr 2023 13:50 UTC

31 points

4 comments19 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Independence Dividends

jefftk13 Apr 2023 1:20 UTC

35 points

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(www.jefftk.com)

DCF Event Notes

jefftk17 May 2023 17:30 UTC

22 points

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To the Robobassinet and Progress

jefftk21 Jun 2021 18:20 UTC

33 points

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Relentlessness

Alicorn6 Jul 2021 20:27 UTC

93 points

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Bikes and Babies

jefftk6 Sep 2021 1:50 UTC

14 points

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[Question] Good brainteasers for children?

ejacob2 Mar 2021 6:44 UTC

12 points

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Alarms Are Better Than Chivvying

jefftk11 Jun 2021 15:30 UTC

21 points

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Walking to School

jefftk14 Jun 2021 15:30 UTC

36 points

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Building the Loft Beds

jefftk16 Oct 2022 1:10 UTC

10 points

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Quick Mock Brownie

jefftk15 Oct 2022 3:00 UTC

8 points

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[Question] Any recommendation for reading material for pre-school children [3-4 yr]?

df fd21 Aug 2021 5:48 UTC

8 points

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Study: Encouraging Obedience Considered Harmful

MBlume14 May 2010 18:11 UTC

31 points

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Rhythmic Baby Toys

jefftk20 Oct 2022 1:50 UTC

15 points

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(www.jefftk.com)

Our House, My Rules

David_J_Balan2 Nov 2009 0:44 UTC

42 points

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Review: Selfish Reasons to Have More Kids

jsalvatier29 May 2012 18:00 UTC

34 points

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The Santa deception: how did it affect you?

Desrtopa20 Dec 2010 22:27 UTC

30 points

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Bounds of Attention

squidious5 Apr 2018 22:53 UTC

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Experts vs. parents

PhilGoetz29 Sep 2010 16:48 UTC

24 points

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Unforgivable

Novalis25 Jun 2022 20:57 UTC

−9 points

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(novalis.blog)

Is Santa Real?

thomblake13 Mar 2009 20:45 UTC

20 points

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Candy for Nets

jefftk29 Sep 2019 11:10 UTC

62 points

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On the Care and Feeding of Young Rationalists—Revisited[Draft] [Request for Feedback]

MBlume5 Jul 2012 19:12 UTC

30 points

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Talking to Children: A Pre-Holiday Guide

daenerys20 Dec 2011 21:54 UTC

46 points

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A New Interpretation of the Marshmallow Test

elharo5 Jul 2013 12:22 UTC

121 points

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FMT: a great opportunity for soon-to-be parents

Anton Rodenhauser10 Dec 2022 17:56 UTC

7 points

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A gentle primer on caring, including in strange senses, with applications

Kaarel30 Aug 2022 8:05 UTC

5 points

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[Question] What do we know about vaccinating children?

Gunnar_Zarncke4 Aug 2021 23:57 UTC

17 points

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Formative Youth

Eliezer Yudkowsky24 Feb 2009 23:02 UTC

33 points

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The Blue School

Voltairina16 Apr 2012 18:15 UTC

31 points

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Teaching rationality to kids?

chaosmage16 Oct 2013 12:38 UTC

17 points

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Advances in Baby Formula

Laura B9 Sep 2018 11:50 UTC

60 points

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[Question] Is it worthwhile to save the cord blood and tissue?

Alexei11 Jan 2020 21:52 UTC

19 points

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Class-Based Addressing

jefftk10 May 2023 13:40 UTC

22 points

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King and Princess

jefftk17 Mar 2020 2:10 UTC

24 points

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Circle Games

sarahconstantin6 Jun 2019 16:40 UTC

86 points

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(srconstantin.wordpress.com)

Rationalist Storybooks: A Challenge

MBlume18 Mar 2009 2:25 UTC

39 points

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How did my baby die and what is the probability that my next one will?

deprimita_patro19 Jan 2016 6:24 UTC

37 points

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Preschool: Much Less Than You Wanted To Know

Zvi20 Nov 2018 19:30 UTC

65 points

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(thezvi.wordpress.com)

I Want To Live In A Baugruppe

Alicorn17 Mar 2017 1:36 UTC

101 points

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Helping the kids post

jefftk17 Apr 2020 21:40 UTC

86 points

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Favorites & Performers

Soma12 Apr 2022 5:50 UTC

9 points

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