Book 1: How Children Succeed

I found this very interesting, both from a personal perspective (what can I do to help my own children), but in a larger, national context (what are some possible solutions for generational poverty and other socio-economic inequalities).

These issues are complicated and there are no easy answers, nor any answers that will solve every problem, but Paul Tough describes some programs and ideas that seem to be working.

As for me, I'll just go back to "licking and grooming" my little ones, because attachment matters.

Book 49: Dad is Fat

Jim Gaffigan may be the official standup comedian of parents. He still has more kids than we have, though we are trying to catch up! (Just kidding!)

This book was overall very funny, but there were a few times that I thought it was a bit too earnest to be funny. His standup is genius, though--we listened to a couple of recent recordings on New Year's Eve and laughed uproariously.