I am so incredibly inspired by you and this brave, thoughtful step you’re taking. The heart behind a10d is something our world so deeply needs—calling kids (and all of us) back to presence, connection, and what it means to truly flourish as humans.
You have such a gift for turning big, complex ideas into something meaningful, hopeful, and actually doable. I love that you’re not just sounding the alarm, but inviting us into small, powerful practices and real community—because that’s where lasting change happens.
It’s clear this isn’t just a venture—it’s a calling. And I feel so grateful to learn alongside you and be part of the conversation you’re creating. The impact of this will ripple far beyond what you can see right now.
Thank you, Chirstina! I am so eager to dig into all of this together. I so enjoy learning from you, and am so grateful you are here and there are spaces like this to come together around big questions. ❤️
Amazing. I was just reading a few posts today about intention and setting up your home and life, but they were focused on smaller kids, as most are. My kids not so small anymore, and these posts often leave me feeling like I have missed the window.
Then this beacon of light popped up in my feed, and it did exactly as intended- it caught my attention and gave me hope. You were a revolution in my life with Tinkergarten when my daughter was small, and I am all in for what you will bring to the table now. Cheering you on in this next great adventure. ❤️
Grateful and excited to be part of this new community! Tinkergarten helped build my confidence that I could strike a good balance between trusting my kids to know how to play, on one hand, and sharing intentional invitations and setting safe limits, on the other. This confidence is quickly fading as I look towards their upcoming adolescences! I suspect it's still a matter of helping them take the lead, both by sharing ideas and also by enforcing certain limits. But "child-led exploration" gave me mental images of carrying worms back and forth between puddles ninety times in a row, whereas "teen-led exploration" is giving me images of accidental overdoses and incel forums. Send help (and research, and experiments, and conversations with experts.)
This! I feel seen in these words. I'm so grateful for your continued companionship on this learning journey, Miriam! I look forward to learning together how to keep our amazing adolescents in the lead AND safe and supported.
Oh Meghan I'm delighted you will be bringing your warm nourishing mycelium to this platform. We all need to bring back letters to our kids that lay it out. Did this recently to my 25 year old. Looking forward to this!
David! It is pure delight to connect here and to see all that you are weaving with How to Story. I still reflect on the starfish story we wove on the Storying Project years ago, and what that process illuminated for me. The more I dig in, the more I see ways in which our flourishing is impacted by the stories we hear, believe, and tell ourselves and others. I'd love to keep learning with you around that.
Good morning! Yes the overlap is real. I can see you feel the call to codify and document a new conscious way to be with children that people are hungry for. The ideas are out there but not a concrete way to practice new habits. You have and are continuing to deliver them.
Meanwhile I'm finding myself leaning toward the sick and elderly. Not sure where it will go but I have a sense that storytelling closer to the second threshold may give us some important clues. Let's keep this up!
Looking forward to what’s cooking! My two are 10 now and we are certainly facing big topics that feels like the same stuff the “troubled teens” used to face whereas now it’s everyday life for our preteens and teens.
That's great, Tabitha! 10 is a super time to be engaging kids around these ideas (more on that topic coming soon, actually!). Really, now is the ideal time, and I am just so glad you are here!
What a beautiful letter to your children—it’s so personal and yet it’s so universal too. You are creating what we all crave for our children, intentionally but with curiosity and rigor. I’m cheering you along in this process!
I am so incredibly inspired by you and this brave, thoughtful step you’re taking. The heart behind a10d is something our world so deeply needs—calling kids (and all of us) back to presence, connection, and what it means to truly flourish as humans.
You have such a gift for turning big, complex ideas into something meaningful, hopeful, and actually doable. I love that you’re not just sounding the alarm, but inviting us into small, powerful practices and real community—because that’s where lasting change happens.
It’s clear this isn’t just a venture—it’s a calling. And I feel so grateful to learn alongside you and be part of the conversation you’re creating. The impact of this will ripple far beyond what you can see right now.
Cheering you on every step of the way 🤍
Thank you, Chirstina! I am so eager to dig into all of this together. I so enjoy learning from you, and am so grateful you are here and there are spaces like this to come together around big questions. ❤️
Amazing. I was just reading a few posts today about intention and setting up your home and life, but they were focused on smaller kids, as most are. My kids not so small anymore, and these posts often leave me feeling like I have missed the window.
Then this beacon of light popped up in my feed, and it did exactly as intended- it caught my attention and gave me hope. You were a revolution in my life with Tinkergarten when my daughter was small, and I am all in for what you will bring to the table now. Cheering you on in this next great adventure. ❤️
Stacy, I'm so glad to have you here and we can explore these questions together for our now bigger kids!
Grateful and excited to be part of this new community! Tinkergarten helped build my confidence that I could strike a good balance between trusting my kids to know how to play, on one hand, and sharing intentional invitations and setting safe limits, on the other. This confidence is quickly fading as I look towards their upcoming adolescences! I suspect it's still a matter of helping them take the lead, both by sharing ideas and also by enforcing certain limits. But "child-led exploration" gave me mental images of carrying worms back and forth between puddles ninety times in a row, whereas "teen-led exploration" is giving me images of accidental overdoses and incel forums. Send help (and research, and experiments, and conversations with experts.)
This! I feel seen in these words. I'm so grateful for your continued companionship on this learning journey, Miriam! I look forward to learning together how to keep our amazing adolescents in the lead AND safe and supported.
Very exciting news and congrats to your whole family! Looking forward to hearing more.
On the edge of my seat for this!
Oh Meghan I'm delighted you will be bringing your warm nourishing mycelium to this platform. We all need to bring back letters to our kids that lay it out. Did this recently to my 25 year old. Looking forward to this!
David! It is pure delight to connect here and to see all that you are weaving with How to Story. I still reflect on the starfish story we wove on the Storying Project years ago, and what that process illuminated for me. The more I dig in, the more I see ways in which our flourishing is impacted by the stories we hear, believe, and tell ourselves and others. I'd love to keep learning with you around that.
Good morning! Yes the overlap is real. I can see you feel the call to codify and document a new conscious way to be with children that people are hungry for. The ideas are out there but not a concrete way to practice new habits. You have and are continuing to deliver them.
Meanwhile I'm finding myself leaning toward the sick and elderly. Not sure where it will go but I have a sense that storytelling closer to the second threshold may give us some important clues. Let's keep this up!
Looking forward to what’s cooking! My two are 10 now and we are certainly facing big topics that feels like the same stuff the “troubled teens” used to face whereas now it’s everyday life for our preteens and teens.
That's great, Tabitha! 10 is a super time to be engaging kids around these ideas (more on that topic coming soon, actually!). Really, now is the ideal time, and I am just so glad you are here!
Excited to see you launching this next chapter / venture.
What a beautiful letter to your children—it’s so personal and yet it’s so universal too. You are creating what we all crave for our children, intentionally but with curiosity and rigor. I’m cheering you along in this process!