Just got out of the subway and found out I lost a constitutional right. My daughter has less right to her body then I’ve had my entire life.

My thoughts on the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.

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I asked a friend who's a criminal defense lawyer what he'd change about the world to fix the most problems. He specializes in death penalty cases, so he's seen a lot. I expected him to say drugs, but he said if he could change one thing, it would be to make people better parents.

He says that almost without exception people who do terrible things had terrible childhoods. And often this was because their parents had terrible childhoods. It's a cycle that repeats for generations.

Paul Graham So let's offer parenting classes, and even a stipend to those who pass the courses, and volunteer their own time to help others. That's part of what I call "extended income programs." blog.politicoid.us/beyond-free-em…

Paul Graham This so underrated and I see so little work to help kids with terrible childhoods become good parents

Paul Graham It sounds like a massive transformative purpose of our world, why there’s virtually no startups addressing that? Existing education-tech companies focus on making kids better students, not there parents better parents.

Paul Graham So many things that factor into parenting. But with that being said, we’ve gone away from core family values as a society. We no longer have a “it takes a village” mentality. Ppl get frustrated when they see a crying kid on a plane instead of being sympathetic. Until we

Paul Graham The nuclear family is not natural. Humans evolved being raised by the tribe, not two isolated parents.

Paul Graham I have an hypothesis I would love to test on this. Parenting ‘L’ plates - with advice for how to deal with situations based on evidence based research. You get your ‘parenting license’ once you meet certain minimum testable criteria. If not, then ongoing coaching. Like NCT++

Paul Graham Highlights the need for a 2-parent household. And to live near your tribe (grandparents, uncles, aunts, close friends).

Paul Graham a solution a non-profit startup dedicated to ultra-cheaply training a million preschool/daycare teachers and offering resources & support to operate preschools utilizing a franchising model to charge extremely low prices per child thehill.com/changing-ameri… x.com/Alan_Zanshin/s…

Paul Graham Many countries that do a lot better than the US have post partum home visits and parenting support visits to help people do and be better than they saw in the past. Even simple things like importance of routines etc. I think this is a practical place to start.

Paul Graham Vinod Khosla Deep insight this ☝️☝️ Dr. Nicole LePera keeps saying this most problems in the world exist because some kid didn't have the parents they deserved if you have balanced loving parents you'll treat the world differently

Paul Graham I wonder if there will ever be a Copilot for Parenting "The way you responded in X situation will likely make your son fear failure - try responding with Y instead!" "Your daughter didn't feel heard in the interaction you had earlier - these tactics can help your dialogue: ..."