LOVE Keith Gessen and his writing! And this interview came at the absolute perfect time cause I JUST finished this book. Thank you for being the best newsletter on earth!
This is such a good conversation even if it did open up All My Feelings about having an almost-9-year-old who still cannot ride a bike. (We also did not get the balance bike memo and now she’s too tall? Not the point! More of this introspection and reflection from dads pls!)
Thanks! Fwiw Steve used a YouTube video to guide him and he said it was one of the hardest most frustrating things he had to do as a parent. Whee! ::: bike bell sound:::
This was such a great interview, thank you! I ordered his book a few days ago - ostensibly for my husband for his birthday, but really for me, too, so now I'm even more excited to read it. "Any philosophy I have is overridden by my other philosophy of not spending money on anything, ever" made me laugh aloud - even again, just now, when typing it!
same, he asked me if we had a balance bike (preferred) or training wheels (hopelessly outdated /s) and I said "We got a hand me down bike with training wheels, so..."
LOVE Keith Gessen and his writing! And this interview came at the absolute perfect time cause I JUST finished this book. Thank you for being the best newsletter on earth!
Oh gosh! Thank you 🧙🏼♀️
This is such a good conversation even if it did open up All My Feelings about having an almost-9-year-old who still cannot ride a bike. (We also did not get the balance bike memo and now she’s too tall? Not the point! More of this introspection and reflection from dads pls!)
Thanks! Fwiw Steve used a YouTube video to guide him and he said it was one of the hardest most frustrating things he had to do as a parent. Whee! ::: bike bell sound:::
I loved this book! I loved this interview!
thank you!! I should ask my own husband such probing questions some day.
This was such a great interview, thank you! I ordered his book a few days ago - ostensibly for my husband for his birthday, but really for me, too, so now I'm even more excited to read it. "Any philosophy I have is overridden by my other philosophy of not spending money on anything, ever" made me laugh aloud - even again, just now, when typing it!
same, he asked me if we had a balance bike (preferred) or training wheels (hopelessly outdated /s) and I said "We got a hand me down bike with training wheels, so..."