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Deborah Farmer Kris @deborahfarmerkris.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Coming this Sunday in "The Boston Globe Magazine": my piece on raising humble kids in our confidence-obsessed culture. Because humility isn’t weakness—it’s wisdom. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/06/m...

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Want to raise intelligent kids? Teach them humility — and this powerful phrase. - The Boston Globe

As someone with nearly two decades of teaching experience, I know speed is not always a sign of mastery.

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

We’re closing in on the 3.5% rule! 8.6 million and counting! We’re in awe. Lots of events still happening make sure to be counted. Big towns, small towns you showed up.

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Deborah Farmer Kris @deborahfarmerkris.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

I found a Calvin and Hobbes strip that is basically the cliff notes to my new book (and yes, cliff notes dates me). parenthood365.substack.com/p/calvin-and...

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Calvin and Hobbes Said It First

My youngest recently made his way through the full Calvin and Hobbes catalogue — all 3151 strips.

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Deborah Farmer Kris @deborahfarmerkris.bsky.social · 25/05/2025

After 10 picture books, my first book for older humans (aka adults) comes out on Tuesday. 💜 I don't know about you, fellow writers, but those two months leading up to a launch are just . . . . I'm ready for a long summer's nap! #Authors #Writing #Debut #BookBirthday #WriteSky #WriterSky

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Deborah Farmer Kris @deborahfarmerkris.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

It officially took three years to write "Raising Awe-Seekers" — but really it took 47 years of living. parenthood365.substack.com/p/what-its-l...

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What It's Like to Birth a Book

A 47-year-journey in ~1000 words

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Deborah Farmer Kris @deborahfarmerkris.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

I woke up to I this review of "Raising Awe-Seekers" on Goodreads. 😭 "A luminescent guide to parenting with wide eyes and an open heart—like a hug from science itself. Kris’s book is a beacon of light in the parenting canon, reminding us that wonder isn’t frivolous—it’s foundational." #booksky

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Deborah Farmer Kris @deborahfarmerkris.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

Gratitude to @mindshift-kqed.bsky.social for running an excerpt of my new book "Raising Awe-Seekers: How the Science of Wonder Helps Our Kids Thrive." #booksky www.kqed.org/mindshift/65...

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How Experiencing Wonder Helps Kids Learn | KQED

Being in awe of something can prime kids for learning new things.

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Deborah Farmer Kris @deborahfarmerkris.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

I've worked with PBS Kids for a decade. Years before that, I WAS a PBS kids. It's a neighborhood I know well, and it's worth protecting. @pbs.org www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5zZ...

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10 Things You Need to Know About PBS KIDS

YouTube video by Raising Awe-Seekers

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Deborah Farmer Kris @deborahfarmerkris.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

I *was* a PBS kids growing up. They say never meet your heroes, but I’ve worked with PBS KIDS for going on 10 years, and I believe in this organization now more than. It's a neighborhood worth protecting. parenthood365.substack.com/p/10-things-...

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10 Things You Need to Know About PBS KIDS

It's a Neighborhood Worth Protecting

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Deborah Farmer Kris @deborahfarmerkris.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

My debut parenting book got a starred review in Library Journal! I know I should be above getting excited about a "gold star" -- but I've spent 4 years pouring my heart into this book and this is one of those things that might help it get into more hands. www.libraryjournal.com/review/raisi...

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Raising Awe-Seekers: How the Science of Wonder Helps Our Kids Thrive

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Deborah Farmer Kris @deborahfarmerkris.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

Here’s my joyful & unsettling childhood memory about discovering my own power. It's a memory and lesson that arose from hours of unsupervised time in nature. I am so grateful my parents gave me time to be bored. substack.com/home/post/p-...

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A Scientist and a Monster Met at an Ant Hill

Both of them were me

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Deborah Farmer Kris @deborahfarmerkris.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

It's hard to describe the wonder of the Boston Marathon -- but I tried. parenthood365.substack.com/p/the-marath...

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The Marathon That Moves a City

Boston's race is a ritual of resilience and wonder

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Deborah Farmer Kris @deborahfarmerkris.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

Things I stitch when the news keeps me up at night.

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

The library is the only place that Americans experience the fullness of what it means to remove goods from the market. It pings our consciousness. Hey we could love differently!

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Deborah Farmer Kris @deborahfarmerkris.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

I watched the last two hours of @booker.senate.gov's speech with my 11yo last night. A few thoughts on our conversation parenthood365.substack.com/p/retaining-...

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Retaining the Floor

What my kid and I talked about in hour 22 of Senator Booker's speech

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Devin Elle Kurtz @devinellekurtz.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

I love being a human artist and creating something never before seen, out of my mind’s eye. I love making every decision with care. I love trying and failing. I love noticing mistakes and fixing them. I love it all.

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Deborah Farmer Kris @deborahfarmerkris.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

“There is only one question: How to love this world.” Tonight’s stitch therapy…

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Mary Annaïse Heglar @maryannaise.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

“I insist on being shocked. I am never going to become immune. I think that’s a kind of failure to see so much of it that you die inside. I want to be surprised and shocked every time.” ― Toni Morrison

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Deborah Farmer Kris @deborahfarmerkris.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

Three years ago this week, I got to interview Jamie Lee Curtis about why she writes books for kids. And she told me a story that lives in my head when I sit down to write. Maybe you need to hear it, too? #kidlit open.substack.com/pub/parentho...

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That Time I Made Jamie Lee Curtis Cry

Because we both know reading to kids is just that awesome

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Deborah Farmer Kris @deborahfarmerkris.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

“All that I hope to say in books, all that I ever hope to say, is that I love the world.” EB White

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Deborah Farmer Kris @deborahfarmerkris.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

“I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve (or save) the world and a desire to enjoy (or savor) the world. This makes it hard to plan the day.” ― E. B. White

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Deborah Farmer Kris @deborahfarmerkris.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

I was asked to speak to a district in Houston, *but* it was scheduled during my daughter's first art class at the MFA. So I booked a study room at the Boston Public Library and just finished talking to educators about the science of read aloud. Here's to museums, libraries, books, & teachers!

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Deborah Farmer Kris @deborahfarmerkris.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

Gah! Look at this adorable bookmark @freespiritbooks.bsky.social made for me to give out at school visits! #kidlit #booksky

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Deborah Farmer Kris @deborahfarmerkris.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

When I was in colleges, I stayed at an inn in Savannah that smelled exactly like my late grandmother's home in Los Angeles. Sensory memories are mysterious and powerful. parenthood365.substack.com/p/smell-that...

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Smell That? It Might Be the Smell of Happiness

Let's talk about emotions & the five senses

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Deborah Farmer Kris @deborahfarmerkris.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

Where are my #embroidery mavens and dabblers? I need more of you in my feed. Thread is therapy and art and politic. #fiberartists #artsky

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Deborah Farmer Kris @deborahfarmerkris.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

“There’s no person in the whole world like you, and I like you just the way you are” Fred Rogers

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Deborah Farmer Kris @deborahfarmerkris.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

I loved my convo w/ Ethan Kross, author of "Shift: Managing Your Emotions So They Don't Manage You" -- especially this insight: "So when do we use the emotional regulation tools or step in to help kids use them? 'It’s when the emotion gets too big or lasts too long.' www.kqed.org/mindshift/65...

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Tips for Helping Kids Manage Emotions When They're Intense and Difficult | KQED

Emotions can signal to oneself and others how one needs to be treated. Having some tools at the ready can help kids shift to a calmer state of being.

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Deborah Farmer Kris @deborahfarmerkris.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

Stitched this up case any of you needed the reminder.

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Deborah Farmer Kris @deborahfarmerkris.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

When you stitch one of your favorite Fred Rogers quotes, it gives you a lot of time to think about it. ❤️

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Deborah Farmer Kris @deborahfarmerkris.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

Oh hey! The cover of the sixth (and final) book in my board book series is now public. I pinch myself all the time that Jane Massey agreed to illustrate these.

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Deborah Farmer Kris @deborahfarmerkris.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

Stitching Celtic knots is really, really, really delightful.

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Deborah Farmer Kris @deborahfarmerkris.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

I’m gonna turn this into a stitching and embroidery account. I talk about my professional stuff on all of my other channels. If you like making beautiful things too, follow me, and I will follow you back. That’s the feed i need. #artsky

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