Matt Bateman

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Montessori school sent home this photo with the caption “Introduced hammering nails into a pumpkin” like that’s supposed to be somehow self-explanatory

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Just watched 4yo assertively confront another 4yo on the playground to defend her 1yo brother “You need to stop that right now. You cannot just take that toy from him.” Was instant. Unblinking eye contact, aggressive posture, all up in other child’s face Felt primal, atavistic

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My 4yo is quite difficult (IMO) and I need to sort of rethink/reset my relationship with her every 3 to 6 months. Some sort of power dynamic generally develops and it needs to be unwound. I need to rediscover and replenish my well of patience.

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I was on the founding team of Guidepost Montessori, now the largest Montessori school network in the world I think (150 schools). Wild 8 year ride. I moved to board last year to focus on writing a book (on education, in progress). Not sure what is next. Too many ideas. Been mulling them a lot.

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I’m not really “in” web3. I’m barely a technologist. Basically in 2021 I wanted to see what the fuss was about by getting my hands a bit dirty, as I do. One afternoon and $500 (lol) in gas later, I had my a ha moment: I made an OpenSea account and some NFTs I had minted *were just there*.

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I’m trying but for some reason I find this creatively paralyzing lol

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1yo and 4yo doing some urbex

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Wondering about the recent history of Scholastic, as a history of slop: * 95% of their books now are total slop * partnership with Epic means Scholastic coextends into screen time slop * in the 90s their books were at most semi-slop; something has shifted recently I turned the saturation down on this photo btw

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How I helped my 4yo learn how to read by setting her up to text her friends and family https://higherground.substack.com/p/friday-note-a-sensitive-period-for

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Barely safe enough

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4yo is obsessed with decorating

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I’ll be in Roatan for the next several days for the startup societies and crypto cities conference, say hi if you’re there

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I’m stepping back from my startup and joining the board. Have no experience with being on the other side of boards, and I don’t recall having read anything generally helpful on this. Any thoughts or guidance?

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3yo: What are you guys talking about? me: Okay so there’s guy named Sam me: And Sam is really cool, everyone likes Sam wife: *Almost* everyone 3yo: me: And Sam is building... me: ...robots... 3yo: Friendly robots? me: Well,

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Yesterday’s Odd Lots was me discussing the childcare economics https://open.spotify.com/episode/7DUzfONsVnlD3yiPckPJBs

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gm First frost in Austin

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Curious what people think of this? It’s obviously made to be a critique of the mainstream side and endorsement of the gentle side but honestly neither of them seem overall appealing to me

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Parenting hack of unknown generalizability: If I am sedentary (at desk, on phone, reading, etc.) my children will want my attention, barring lots of redirection If I am up and about (doing chores, building, etc.) my children won’t want my attention, with little/no redirection

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