No Touching Rule Books | Summaries & Audio

No Bad Kids

by Janet Lansbury • 2014

Stop punishing and distracting: the respectful way to set limits that preserves trust.

4.26

12k+

🧒 Toddler Discipline 🌿 Gentle Parenting 🤝 Respectful Parenting 🚫 Non-Punitive Discipline 🧱 Boundary Setting

No Bad Kids 84%

Stop punishing and distracting: the respectful way to set limits that preserves trust.

by Janet Lansbury 2014

4.26

12k+ ratings

🧒 Toddler Discipline 🌿 Gentle Parenting 🤝 Respectful Parenting 🚫 Non-Punitive Discipline 🧱 Boundary Setting

Play Anything

by Ian Bogost • 2016

Real fun needs rules, not freedom. The philosopher's case against chasing happiness.

3.17

572

🎲 Philosophy Of Games 🔗 Creative Constraints 🔄 Anti-Self-Help 😶 Critique Of Happiness 🔍 Deep Engagement

Play Anything 84%

Real fun needs rules, not freedom. The philosopher's case against chasing happiness.

by Ian Bogost 2016

3.17

572 ratings

🎲 Philosophy Of Games 🔗 Creative Constraints 🔄 Anti-Self-Help 😶 Critique Of Happiness 🔍 Deep Engagement

How Rude!

by Alex J. Packer • 1997

Manners your parents forgot to teach you, and a few they never knew.

4.15

240

🎩 Teen Etiquette 🗣️ Social Skills 🍽️ Table Manners 🛑 Anti-Bullying 🤝 Friendship Advice

How Rude! 84%

Manners your parents forgot to teach you, and a few they never knew.

by Alex J. Packer 1997

4.15

240 ratings

🎩 Teen Etiquette 🗣️ Social Skills 🍽️ Table Manners 🛑 Anti-Bullying 🤝 Friendship Advice

Doctor Strange and Philosophy

by Mark D. White • 2018

How a surgeon's shattered hands open a portal to virtue ethics, quantum mind, and dirty choices.

4.27

🎬 Pop Culture Philosophy 🦸 Comic Book Studies 🎭 Virtue Ethics 🌪️ Existential Crisis 🔮 Mysticism

Doctor Strange and Philosophy 84%

How a surgeon's shattered hands open a portal to virtue ethics, quantum mind, and dirty choices.

by Mark D. White 2018

4.27

44 ratings

🎬 Pop Culture Philosophy 🦸 Comic Book Studies 🎭 Virtue Ethics 🌪️ Existential Crisis 🔮 Mysticism

The Art of Frugal Hedonism

by Annie Raser-Rowland • 2017

Spend nothing to feel rich: how to live luxuriously on less by retraining your senses.

3.62

7k+

🧮 Frugal Living 🌿 Simple Living 🚫 Anti-Consumerism 🧘 Mindful Consumption ♻️ Waste Reduction

The Art of Frugal Hedonism 84%

Spend nothing to feel rich: how to live luxuriously on less by retraining your senses.

by Annie Raser-Rowland 2017

3.62

7k+ ratings

🧮 Frugal Living 🌿 Simple Living 🚫 Anti-Consumerism 🧘 Mindful Consumption ♻️ Waste Reduction

The Wall Speaks

by Jerr • 2021

A substitute father's manual: build composure, ration affection, and become the man she chases.

4.42

241

🧱 Masculine Self-Help 🧲 Attraction Dynamics 🧊 Emotional Restraint 🏋️ Behavioral Discipline 🩹 Father Wound

The Wall Speaks 84%

A substitute father's manual: build composure, ration affection, and become the man she chases.

by Jerr 2021

4.42

241 ratings

🧱 Masculine Self-Help 🧲 Attraction Dynamics 🧊 Emotional Restraint 🏋️ Behavioral Discipline 🩹 Father Wound

All the Rules

by Ellen Fein • 2007

The original playbook for making him chase: 35 rules that turn feminine reserve into a commitment.

3.49

3k+

💕 Dating Advice 💒 Traditional Courtship 😼 Playing Hard To Get 🚧 Dating Boundaries 👠 Feminine Mystique

All the Rules 84%

The original playbook for making him chase: 35 rules that turn feminine reserve into a commitment.

by Ellen Fein 2007

3.49

3k+ ratings

💕 Dating Advice 💒 Traditional Courtship 😼 Playing Hard To Get 🚧 Dating Boundaries 👠 Feminine Mystique

One Nation Under Therapy

by Christina Hoff Sommers • 2005

Therapy culture taught Americans to be fragile. Resilience and moral clarity are the antidote.

3.60

376

🧑‍⚕️ Therapeutic Culture 🏛️ Cultural Criticism ⚖️ Personal Accountability 🇺🇸 Civic Education 🛡️ Child Overprotection

One Nation Under Therapy 84%

Therapy culture taught Americans to be fragile. Resilience and moral clarity are the antidote.

by Christina Hoff Sommers 2005

3.60

376 ratings

🧑‍⚕️ Therapeutic Culture 🏛️ Cultural Criticism ⚖️ Personal Accountability 🇺🇸 Civic Education 🛡️ Child Overprotection

The Sovereign Child

by Aaron Stupple • 2025

Rules backfire with children. The case for trusting them with food, sleep, and screens.

3.40

335

🧒 Child Autonomy 📚 Unschooling Philosophy 🧠 Critical Rationalism 🍽️ Self-Regulation 🤝 Collaborative Parenting

The Sovereign Child 84%

Rules backfire with children. The case for trusting them with food, sleep, and screens.

by Aaron Stupple 2025

3.40

335 ratings

🧒 Child Autonomy 📚 Unschooling Philosophy 🧠 Critical Rationalism 🍽️ Self-Regulation 🤝 Collaborative Parenting

Playborhood

by Mike Lanza • 2012

Free play has vanished from childhood. The fix begins in your own front yard.

3.91

158

🧒 Free Play 🌳 Children's Outdoor Play 🦅 Free-Range Parenting 📵 Screen Time Limits 🧗 Risk-Taking In Childhood

Playborhood 84%

Free play has vanished from childhood. The fix begins in your own front yard.

by Mike Lanza 2012

3.91

158 ratings

🧒 Free Play 🌳 Children's Outdoor Play 🦅 Free-Range Parenting 📵 Screen Time Limits 🧗 Risk-Taking In Childhood

The Missing Piece

by Shel Silverstein • 1976

A circle rolls with a gap and sings, certain the absent shape will make it whole.

4.28

32k+

🌀 Existential Allegory 🦋 Embracing Imperfection 📖 Illustrated Fable 🌿 Gentle Philosophy 📚 Adult Picture Book

The Missing Piece 84%

A circle rolls with a gap and sings, certain the absent shape will make it whole.

by Shel Silverstein 1976

4.28

32k+ ratings

🌀 Existential Allegory 🦋 Embracing Imperfection 📖 Illustrated Fable 🌿 Gentle Philosophy 📚 Adult Picture Book

Aikido in Everyday Life

by Terry Dobson • 1993

Stop meeting force with force. An Aikido master's guide to redirecting conflict until it dissolves.

3.86

176

🕊️ Conflict Resolution 🥋 Martial Arts Wisdom 🎭 Interpersonal Dynamics 🧘 Centering Practices ☯️ Eastern Philosophy

Aikido in Everyday Life 84%

Stop meeting force with force. An Aikido master's guide to redirecting conflict until it dissolves.

by Terry Dobson 1993

3.86

176 ratings

🕊️ Conflict Resolution 🥋 Martial Arts Wisdom 🎭 Interpersonal Dynamics 🧘 Centering Practices ☯️ Eastern Philosophy

Hertzian Tales

by Anthony Dunne • 1999

Electronic objects are behavioral scripts and portals to a hidden electromagnetic world.

4.26

125

🔮 Critical Design 📦 Poetics Of Objects 👆 Aesthetics Of Use ⚙️ Technological Determinism 🔬 Science And Technology Studies

Hertzian Tales 84%

Electronic objects are behavioral scripts and portals to a hidden electromagnetic world.

by Anthony Dunne 1999

4.26

125 ratings

🔮 Critical Design 📦 Poetics Of Objects 👆 Aesthetics Of Use ⚙️ Technological Determinism 🔬 Science And Technology Studies

The Tech-Wise Family

by Andy Crouch • 2017

Daily, weekly, and yearly tech fasts that recover sleep, conversation, and family worship.

4.25

9k+

✝️ Christian Parenting 📵 Digital Minimalism 🏡 Family Technology 🛐 Sabbath Rest 🛑 Screen Time Limits

The Tech-Wise Family 83%

Daily, weekly, and yearly tech fasts that recover sleep, conversation, and family worship.

by Andy Crouch 2017

4.25

9k+ ratings

✝️ Christian Parenting 📵 Digital Minimalism 🏡 Family Technology 🛐 Sabbath Rest 🛑 Screen Time Limits

Free-Range Kids

by Lenore Skenazy • 2009

Crime is down, but children's freedom has collapsed. The numbers that let parents finally exhale.

3.88

8k+

🧒 Modern Parenting 🚲 Child Independence 🎯 Unstructured Play 🧗 Risk And Resilience 🚁 Helicopter Parenting

Free-Range Kids 83%

Crime is down, but children's freedom has collapsed. The numbers that let parents finally exhale.

by Lenore Skenazy 2009

3.88

8k+ ratings

🧒 Modern Parenting 🚲 Child Independence 🎯 Unstructured Play 🧗 Risk And Resilience 🚁 Helicopter Parenting

Digital Detox

by Molly Defrank • 2022

The two-week family screen reset that restores calm, creativity, and connection.

4.42

244

📱 Digital Parenting ⏳ Screen Time 📵 Digital Detox 🧠 Attention Restoration 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Connection

Digital Detox 83%

The two-week family screen reset that restores calm, creativity, and connection.

by Molly Defrank 2022

4.42

244 ratings

📱 Digital Parenting ⏳ Screen Time 📵 Digital Detox 🧠 Attention Restoration 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Connection

Simplicity Parenting

by Kim John Payne • 2009

Halve the toys, limit screens, build rhythms: the formula for a calmer, more creative child.

4.22

16k+

🐢 Slow Parenting 🏡 Minimalist Parenting 🧹 Decluttering 📵 Screen Time Management 🧩 Unstructured Play

Simplicity Parenting 83%

Halve the toys, limit screens, build rhythms: the formula for a calmer, more creative child.

by Kim John Payne 2009

4.22

16k+ ratings

🐢 Slow Parenting 🏡 Minimalist Parenting 🧹 Decluttering 📵 Screen Time Management 🧩 Unstructured Play

How to Deal with Angry People

by Ryan Martin • 2023

Anger spreads like a virus. Ten psychology-backed strategies for staying steady when others lose it.

3.45

238

😠 Anger Management 🤝 Conflict Resolution 🧘 Emotional Regulation 🛑 Boundary Setting 👥 Social Psychology

How to Deal with Angry People 83%

Anger spreads like a virus. Ten psychology-backed strategies for staying steady when others lose it.

by Ryan Martin 2023

3.45

238 ratings

😠 Anger Management 🤝 Conflict Resolution 🧘 Emotional Regulation 🛑 Boundary Setting 👥 Social Psychology

Balanced and Barefoot

by Angela J. Hanscom • 2016

Outdoor play is not optional. Without it, children's bodies and brains fail to wire correctly.

4.17

6k+

🧗 Outdoor Play 🧠 Sensory Integration 🏞️ Free Play 🌿 Nature Deficit 🪵 Risky Play

Balanced and Barefoot 83%

Outdoor play is not optional. Without it, children's bodies and brains fail to wire correctly.

by Angela J. Hanscom 2016

4.17

6k+ ratings

🧗 Outdoor Play 🧠 Sensory Integration 🏞️ Free Play 🌿 Nature Deficit 🪵 Risky Play

Boundaries with Kids

by Henry Cloud • 2001

The boundaries that turn your kids into responsible adults, without constant nagging or punishment.

4.31

5k+

🕊️ Christian Parenting 🧱 Child Discipline 🚧 Behavior Boundaries ⚖️ Natural Consequences 🧘 Emotional Regulation

Boundaries with Kids 83%

The boundaries that turn your kids into responsible adults, without constant nagging or punishment.

by Henry Cloud 2001

4.31

5k+ ratings

🕊️ Christian Parenting 🧱 Child Discipline 🚧 Behavior Boundaries ⚖️ Natural Consequences 🧘 Emotional Regulation

The Longing for Less

by Kyle Chayka • 2020

The clean lines of minimalism hide a messy history: Zen monks, art rebels, and $8,200 stereos.

3.45

1k+

🎨 Modernist Art 📐 Design Philosophy 📰 Cultural Criticism 🇯🇵 Japanese Aesthetics 🚫 Anti-Consumerism

The Longing for Less 83%

The clean lines of minimalism hide a messy history: Zen monks, art rebels, and $8,200 stereos.

by Kyle Chayka 2020

3.45

1k+ ratings

🎨 Modernist Art 📐 Design Philosophy 📰 Cultural Criticism 🇯🇵 Japanese Aesthetics 🚫 Anti-Consumerism

Make Every Man Want You

by Marie Forleo • 2006

Forget the dating games: magnetic attraction starts with a life so full you forget to chase.

3.68

2k+

🔥 Dating Advice 💁‍♀️ Women's Self-Help 🧘 Mindful Dating 💎 Authenticity 🚫 Breaking Dating Rules

Make Every Man Want You 83%

Forget the dating games: magnetic attraction starts with a life so full you forget to chase.

by Marie Forleo 2006

3.68

2k+ ratings

🔥 Dating Advice 💁‍♀️ Women's Self-Help 🧘 Mindful Dating 💎 Authenticity 🚫 Breaking Dating Rules

In Pursuit of Elegance

by Matthew E. May • 2009

The best products, paintings, and traffic systems owe their power to what is missing.

3.79

576

➖ Less Is More ✂️ Minimalist Design 💼 Business Minimalism 🚧 Constraint-Driven Innovation 👁️ Deep Observation

In Pursuit of Elegance 83%

The best products, paintings, and traffic systems owe their power to what is missing.

by Matthew E. May 2009

3.79

576 ratings

➖ Less Is More ✂️ Minimalist Design 💼 Business Minimalism 🚧 Constraint-Driven Innovation 👁️ Deep Observation

The Ethical Slut

by Janet W. Hardy • 1997

How to love more than one person without deception: the rules, scripts, and hard conversations.

3.94

28k+

🏳️‍🌈 Ethical Non-Monogamy 🔓 Open Relationships 💚 Jealousy Management 📝 Relationship Agreements 🌻 Sex Positivity

The Ethical Slut 83%

How to love more than one person without deception: the rules, scripts, and hard conversations.

by Janet W. Hardy 1997

3.94

28k+ ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Ethical Non-Monogamy 🔓 Open Relationships 💚 Jealousy Management 📝 Relationship Agreements 🌻 Sex Positivity

How to Live

by Derek Sivers • 2021

The case for 27 incompatible ways to live, and the one surprise that resolves them all.

4.16

3k+

🏛️ Practical Philosophy 🔄 Anti-Self-Help 🪓 Self-Reliance 🎯 Mastery 🏹 Modern Stoicism

How to Live 83%

The case for 27 incompatible ways to live, and the one surprise that resolves them all.

by Derek Sivers 2021

4.16

3k+ ratings

🏛️ Practical Philosophy 🔄 Anti-Self-Help 🪓 Self-Reliance 🎯 Mastery 🏹 Modern Stoicism

La fábrica de cretinos digitales

by Michel Desmurget • 2019

A neuroscientist's radical screen rules: zero before six, thirty minutes a day after.

4.09

770

🧒 Child Development 📺 Screen Time Effects 📱 Digital Parenting 💻 Tech Criticism 💥 Attention Crisis

La fábrica de cretinos digitales Summary

La fábrica de cretinos digitales 83%

A neuroscientist's radical screen rules: zero before six, thirty minutes a day after.

by Michel Desmurget 2019

4.09

770 ratings

🧒 Child Development 📺 Screen Time Effects 📱 Digital Parenting 💻 Tech Criticism 💥 Attention Crisis

Operation Hollywood

by David L. Robb • 2004

The military lent Hollywood its jets and ships, then demanded veto power over the script.

3.46

🚫 Military Censorship 📢 Propaganda Studies 🏛️ Pentagon Influence 🤫 Self-Censorship 📜 First Amendment Law

Operation Hollywood 83%

The military lent Hollywood its jets and ships, then demanded veto power over the script.

by David L. Robb 2004

3.46

72 ratings

🚫 Military Censorship 📢 Propaganda Studies 🏛️ Pentagon Influence 🤫 Self-Censorship 📜 First Amendment Law

A Return to Modesty

by Wendy Shalit • 1998

The sexual revolution's casualties are women, and the way back is the virtue it mocked.

3.79

1k+

🔄 Sexual Revolution Critique 🛡️ Protecting Girlhood 🧱 Emotional Boundaries 🚫 Hookup Culture ⚧️ Sex Differences

A Return to Modesty 83%

The sexual revolution's casualties are women, and the way back is the virtue it mocked.

by Wendy Shalit 1998

3.79

1k+ ratings

🔄 Sexual Revolution Critique 🛡️ Protecting Girlhood 🧱 Emotional Boundaries 🚫 Hookup Culture ⚧️ Sex Differences

Protecting the Gift

by Gavin de Becker • 1999

Forget stranger danger. Train your child's gut instinct instead, and here is how.

4.31

3k+

🛡️ Child Safety 🔍 Threat Assessment 🧠 Trusting Intuition ⚠️ Predator Tactics 💪 Child Empowerment

Protecting the Gift 83%

Forget stranger danger. Train your child's gut instinct instead, and here is how.

by Gavin de Becker 1999

4.31

3k+ ratings

🛡️ Child Safety 🔍 Threat Assessment 🧠 Trusting Intuition ⚠️ Predator Tactics 💪 Child Empowerment

1-2-3 Magic

by Thomas W. Phelan • 1995

A method so simple you can start tomorrow: count to three, stay silent, and mean it.

3.88

11k+

🧒 Child Discipline 📋 Behavior Management 🧘 Calm Parenting ⏱️ Time-Outs 💬 Family Communication

1-2-3 Magic 83%

A method so simple you can start tomorrow: count to three, stay silent, and mean it.

by Thomas W. Phelan 1995

3.88

11k+ ratings

🧒 Child Discipline 📋 Behavior Management 🧘 Calm Parenting ⏱️ Time-Outs 💬 Family Communication

Things No One Taught Us About Love

by Vex King • 2024

Most people learn to love backwards. The real work starts with you, not them.

4.06

3k+

💑 Romantic Relationships 💖 Self-Love 🧘 Inner Work 🚧 Emotional Boundaries 🔓 Vulnerability

Things No One Taught Us About Love Summary

Things No One Taught Us About Love 83%

Most people learn to love backwards. The real work starts with you, not them.

by Vex King 2024

4.06

3k+ ratings

💑 Romantic Relationships 💖 Self-Love 🧘 Inner Work 🚧 Emotional Boundaries 🔓 Vulnerability

The Right to Oblivion

by Lowry Pressly • 2024

Privacy isn't about controlling your data. It's about keeping whole regions of life unrecordable.

4.01

254

👁️ Surveillance Studies ⚙️ Philosophy Of Technology 🔒 Digital Privacy 💭 Forgetting And Memory 📊 Datafication

The Right to Oblivion 83%

Privacy isn't about controlling your data. It's about keeping whole regions of life unrecordable.

by Lowry Pressly 2024

4.01

254 ratings

👁️ Surveillance Studies ⚙️ Philosophy Of Technology 🔒 Digital Privacy 💭 Forgetting And Memory 📊 Datafication

How to Think Seriously About the Planet

by Roger Scruton • 2011

Why local loyalty, beauty, and tradition matter more for the planet than any global climate treaty.

3.87

446

🏛️ Conservatism 🌱 Stewardship 🏘️ Localism ⏳ Intergenerational 🎨 Aesthetics

How to Think Seriously About the Planet Summary

How to Think Seriously About the Planet 83%

Why local loyalty, beauty, and tradition matter more for the planet than any global climate treaty.

by Roger Scruton 2011

3.87

446 ratings

🏛️ Conservatism 🌱 Stewardship 🏘️ Localism ⏳ Intergenerational 🎨 Aesthetics

The Essential 55

by Ron Clark • 2003

How 55 non-negotiable rules build character, empathy, and a classroom culture of excellence.

3.92

6k+

🏫 Classroom Management 🧑‍🏫 Character Education 📈 High Expectations 🍽️ Etiquette And Manners 🚫 No Excuses Education

The Essential 55 83%

How 55 non-negotiable rules build character, empathy, and a classroom culture of excellence.

by Ron Clark 2003

3.92

6k+ ratings

🏫 Classroom Management 🧑‍🏫 Character Education 📈 High Expectations 🍽️ Etiquette And Manners 🚫 No Excuses Education

Eleanor Roosevelt's Book of Common Sense Etiquette

by Eleanor Roosevelt • 1962

Forget the forks; real etiquette is a habit of kindness. Here is how to make it yours.

3.97

📚 Etiquette Guides 💕 Everyday Kindness 🎉 Hosting And Entertaining ✈️ Travel Etiquette 🎩 Social Graces

Eleanor Roosevelt's Book of Common Sense Etiquette Summary

Eleanor Roosevelt's Book of Common Sense Etiquette 83%

Forget the forks; real etiquette is a habit of kindness. Here is how to make it yours.

by Eleanor Roosevelt 1962

3.97

62 ratings

📚 Etiquette Guides 💕 Everyday Kindness 🎉 Hosting And Entertaining ✈️ Travel Etiquette 🎩 Social Graces

The Life-Changing Magic of Not Giving a F**k

by Sarah Knight • 2015

Most of what you stress about is optional. Here's how to stop, without becoming a jerk.

3.40

41k+

🙅 Stop People Pleasing 😂 Humorous Self-Help 🚧 Boundary Setting 📋 Priority Management 🧹 Mental Decluttering

The Life-Changing Magic of Not Giving a F**k Summary

The Life-Changing Magic of Not Giving a F**k 83%

Most of what you stress about is optional. Here's how to stop, without becoming a jerk.

by Sarah Knight 2015

3.40

41k+ ratings

🙅 Stop People Pleasing 😂 Humorous Self-Help 🚧 Boundary Setting 📋 Priority Management 🧹 Mental Decluttering

In Emergency, Break Glass

by Nate Anderson • 2022

Nietzsche saw your smartphone coming: the 19th-century antidote to an age of endless scrolling.

3.91

323

🏛️ Applied Philosophy 🔧 Technology Critique 📱 Attention Economy 🏆 Personal Mastery 📚 Information Diet

In Emergency, Break Glass 83%

Nietzsche saw your smartphone coming: the 19th-century antidote to an age of endless scrolling.

by Nate Anderson 2022

3.91

323 ratings

🏛️ Applied Philosophy 🔧 Technology Critique 📱 Attention Economy 🏆 Personal Mastery 📚 Information Diet

Ace

by Angela Chen • 2020

The world assumes everyone wants sex. Asexuality reveals what that assumption costs all of us.

4.34

20k+

📘 Asexuality Studies 🌈 Queer Theory 📏 Sexual Normativity 🤝 Non-Sexual Intimacy 🛡️ Consent Culture

Ace 83%

The world assumes everyone wants sex. Asexuality reveals what that assumption costs all of us.

by Angela Chen 2020

4.34

20k+ ratings

📘 Asexuality Studies 🌈 Queer Theory 📏 Sexual Normativity 🤝 Non-Sexual Intimacy 🛡️ Consent Culture

L'éducation à la sexualité

by Julie LeMay • 2023

A questioning method that handles every 'where do babies come from' without panic. Start at birth.

4.61

💬 Sex Education 🌱 Positive Parenting ✋ Bodily Autonomy 💭 Emotional Intelligence ✨ Body Positivity

L'éducation à la sexualité 83%

A questioning method that handles every 'where do babies come from' without panic. Start at birth.

by Julie LeMay 2023

4.61

23 ratings

💬 Sex Education 🌱 Positive Parenting ✋ Bodily Autonomy 💭 Emotional Intelligence ✨ Body Positivity

F*CK Him! - Nice Girls Always Finish Single

by Brian Keephimattracted • 2016

Why being nice gets you nowhere, and the counterintuitive moves that make men invest.

4.27

3k+

📅 Dating Advice ♟️ Relationship Strategy 🧠 Male Psychology 🚧 Boundary Setting 🦋 Emotional Independence

F*CK Him! - Nice Girls Always Finish Single Summary

F*CK Him! - Nice Girls Always Finish Single 83%

Why being nice gets you nowhere, and the counterintuitive moves that make men invest.

by Brian Keephimattracted 2016

4.27

3k+ ratings

📅 Dating Advice ♟️ Relationship Strategy 🧠 Male Psychology 🚧 Boundary Setting 🦋 Emotional Independence

Raising Freethinkers

by Dale McGowan • 2009

A practical guide for raising curious, compassionate kids when the answers won't come from a pulpit.

4.19

1k+

🏠 Secular Parenting 🌍 Secular Humanism 📚 Religious Literacy 🔍 Critical Thinking ⚖️ Ethical Reasoning

Raising Freethinkers 83%

A practical guide for raising curious, compassionate kids when the answers won't come from a pulpit.

by Dale McGowan 2009

4.19

1k+ ratings

🏠 Secular Parenting 🌍 Secular Humanism 📚 Religious Literacy 🔍 Critical Thinking ⚖️ Ethical Reasoning

Did You Just Eat That?

by Paul Dawson • 2018

Two scientists test the five-second rule and your other gross food habits. Bacteria never wait.

3.29

269

🦠 Food Safety 🧪 Food Science 🔨 Myth Busting 🧼 Germs And Hygiene 🔬 Pop Science

Did You Just Eat That? 83%

Two scientists test the five-second rule and your other gross food habits. Bacteria never wait.

by Paul Dawson 2018

3.29

269 ratings

🦠 Food Safety 🧪 Food Science 🔨 Myth Busting 🧼 Germs And Hygiene 🔬 Pop Science

Sounds Fake But Okay

by Sarah Costello • 2023

Remove attraction from the center, and relationships, romance, and sex look entirely different.

3.66

1k+

🖤 Asexuality 💚 Aromanticism 💛 Platonic Intimacy 🔀 Relationship Anarchy 📚 Queer Theory

Sounds Fake But Okay 83%

Remove attraction from the center, and relationships, romance, and sex look entirely different.

by Sarah Costello 2023

3.66

1k+ ratings

🖤 Asexuality 💚 Aromanticism 💛 Platonic Intimacy 🔀 Relationship Anarchy 📚 Queer Theory

Consider the Lobster and Other Essays

by David Foster Wallace • 2005

Mainstream acceptance forced adult film into a paradox: to keep its edge, it grew more extreme.

4.18

55k+

🎬 Adult Film Industry 📺 Media Criticism 🛒 Consumer Ethics 🗳️ Political Rhetoric 🖊️ New Journalism

Consider the Lobster and Other Essays Summary

Consider the Lobster and Other Essays 83%

Mainstream acceptance forced adult film into a paradox: to keep its edge, it grew more extreme.

by David Foster Wallace 2005

4.18

55k+ ratings

🎬 Adult Film Industry 📺 Media Criticism 🛒 Consumer Ethics 🗳️ Political Rhetoric 🖊️ New Journalism

Growing an In-Sync Child

by Carol Stock Kranowitz • 2009

Screen time replaced crawl time. Movement activities to build the brains kids need for school.

4.18

121

🧠 Sensory Integration 🏃 Movement And Learning 👐 Occupational Therapy 🎯 Developmental Activities 📵 Screen-Free Childhood

Growing an In-Sync Child 83%

Screen time replaced crawl time. Movement activities to build the brains kids need for school.

by Carol Stock Kranowitz 2009

4.18

121 ratings

🧠 Sensory Integration 🏃 Movement And Learning 👐 Occupational Therapy 🎯 Developmental Activities 📵 Screen-Free Childhood

Ghosted and Breadcrumbed

by Marni Feuerman • 2019

Why you keep choosing unavailable partners and the exact method to break the cycle for good.

4.09

230

🧠 Attachment Theory 🚫 Emotional Unavailability 🚩 Dating Red Flags 💖 Self-Worth In Dating 🚧 Boundary Setting

Ghosted and Breadcrumbed 83%

Why you keep choosing unavailable partners and the exact method to break the cycle for good.

by Marni Feuerman 2019

4.09

230 ratings

🧠 Attachment Theory 🚫 Emotional Unavailability 🚩 Dating Red Flags 💖 Self-Worth In Dating 🚧 Boundary Setting

There's No Such Thing as Bad Weather

by Linda Åkeson McGurk • 2017

A Swedish mother's argument for raising healthier kids: daily outdoor play, no matter the forecast.

4.11

12k+

🏔️ Scandinavian Parenting 🌲 Outdoor Parenting 🧒 Unstructured Play 🌿 Nature Deficit 🧗 Risk In Childhood

There's No Such Thing as Bad Weather Summary

There's No Such Thing as Bad Weather 83%

A Swedish mother's argument for raising healthier kids: daily outdoor play, no matter the forecast.

by Linda Åkeson McGurk 2017

4.11

12k+ ratings

🏔️ Scandinavian Parenting 🌲 Outdoor Parenting 🧒 Unstructured Play 🌿 Nature Deficit 🧗 Risk In Childhood

You Can't Read This Book

by Nick Cohen • 2012

Censorship didn't vanish after book burnings. It learned to smile and send a legal notice.

4.08

736

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Fuck It. The Ultimate Spiritual Way 83%

The most effective spiritual mantra is a two-word curse; you already know the words.

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