Practice Active Experimentation

We can't desire to follow the parenting styles of Korean and Dutch and Japanese and Jewish and Norwegian and Spanish, all at once. The values are not the same.

Instead, we should be learning from each other and recognize that there are very different successful ways of raising children.

Step one involves figuring out what your loops are. These are the activities you repeat over and over when learning something.

Next, analyze the loop for different parts to see whether you can make improvements. It will result in faster learning.

• Brainstorm as much as you can to avoid availability bias (choosing the first solution that comes to mind rather than the best solution).
• Test as many potential solutions as you can afford to. This avoids the confirmation bias of rationalizing the one solution you...