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Read more about the article I Want Our Kids to Accomplish Things, Not Achieve Them

I Want Our Kids to Accomplish Things, Not Achieve Them

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:May 20, 2023
  • Post category:Family/Parenting
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I don’t want our kids to achieve much. I want them to accomplish a lot. At least, according to the way Adam Gopnik distinguishes accomplishment from achievement, this is what…

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Read more about the article What if You Don’t Need to Be Successful? (Or, Advent Reflections on Joy)

What if You Don’t Need to Be Successful? (Or, Advent Reflections on Joy)

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:December 22, 2016
  • Post category:Faith/Family/Parenting

I was grumpy for a few years. Maybe not every day. But most days. And at the core of my being, deep inside my heart, lay a stone, a slowly…

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