On Being a Dad - Derek Thompson
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A personal reflection on fatherhood
On Being a Dad A personal reflection on fatherhood Derek Thompson Mar 04, 2026 1,398 103 237 Share Photo by Justin on Unsplash 1. Loving strangers One month after my first daughter was born, a younger friend from work asked me to explain what parenthood was like. I can’t do that, I said. Wisely, she appealed to my vanity, reminding me that my professional identity was based on explaining complicated ideas, and so wouldn’t it be a little sad actually, a little bit pathetic even, if I couldn’t explain something as basic as fatherhood? I took the bait. This Substack is reader-supported. To receiv
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