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Setting the Bar explores the timeless and timely lessons needed to thrive in the modern world. We aim to clarify a path towards becoming people of character, capacity, and commitment to a higher way of living.
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Why I Want Your Kid to Have Misfortunes (opens the original)
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A popular post from the archives:Hello, good people!Of all the feedback I get from people who read my book,
The Secret to Disciplined Kids Isn't Always More Discipline (opens the original)
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Easy Discipline vs. Hard DisciplineParents spend a tremendous amount of time wondering how to make their children more disciplined.How do I get them to do their home work without me asking? Their chores? To read? To exercise? To practice? To eat healthy foods? To put their phones down? To want to work towards big goals?These are the right questions to be asking. Most of us default to nagging, hounding, and driving ourselves mad in the effort to instill this discipline in our kids. To some degree
Ideas Worth Your Time (opens the original)
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There is far more good writing online than any sane person has time to read. So, every so often, I’ll share a few pieces that connect to the central concerns of Setting the Bar: raising children well, understanding the institutions shaping them, building a family culture that resists unhealthy modern defaults, and helping you thrive.Here are six worth your time. (#6 is absolutely essential for anyone who is in education, has kids in education, or is interested in understanding the current educat
Re-Norming #3: Get Up and Help (opens the original)
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Every society has a set of expectations that quietly shape the people who grow up within it. Most of these expectations are never written down. They aren’t taught in a classroom. They simply become part of the culture.Somewhere along the way, many of those expectations slowly fade away.Recently, while reading J.D. Vance’s new book Communion, I came across one that immediately resonated with me.When an adult is doing something, get u
Re-Norming #2: One Parenting Rule We All Need to Remember (opens the original)
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Editor’s Note (2026): Last week I argued that children need more than loving parents—they need cultures filled with adults willing to help shape them. But that raises a deeper question: What exactly are we trying to shape? Modern education talks constantly about skills and achievement. Great parents think first about formation. Before we ask what our children will know, we should ask who they are becoming.In The Intentional Father, Jon Tyson shares this powerfu
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