Back to School: How can Stoicism Help us as Parents?

Special guest post from Meredith Alexander Kunz of The Stoic Mom

Sep 04, 2025

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I have one child who is a night owl, and one who is an early, crack-of-dawn riser. Did I choose for one daughter to stay up very late ever since she was a toddler, so late that she feels super tired in the morning even now as a teen? And did I decide that my other daughter would be the opposite, always waking up with th…

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A guest post by

Meredith Alexander Kunz

Founder of The Stoic Mom, est. 2016. Co-author of Beyond Stoicism (US) and Live Like a Philosopher (UK). The Stoic Mom blog explores how parents and kids can benefit from Stoic philosophy. Host of The Philosopher’s Compass podcast.