This is a now page, inspired by Derek Sivers. Updated May 2026.
Researching Raise’m Right
I’m deep in the research phase for my next book, Raise’m Right: Raising Children of Character, Judgment, and Agency in the 21st Century. The core question I’m working through: how do you cultivate a child’s capacity for independent thought without destabilizing them — and without performing skepticism as a posture?
The research spans developmental psychology, classical education philosophy, and the practical experience of sixteen years as a step-parent. I’m particularly interested in the intersection of critical thinking pedagogy and Stoic practice — teaching kids not what to think, but how to hold a position provisionally, how to revise it under new evidence, and how to resist the pull of performative outrage that defines so much of modern discourse.
If you’ve read Unstuck or Misaligned, you’ll recognize the through-line: the belief that self-governance begins with accurate thinking, and that the habits of mind we build in childhood determine the quality of our adult decisions.
Expected completion: June 2027.