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When I was younger, I used to enjoy competition and climbing leaderboards. Now, parenting always comes first. Reaching the top 5% is possible for most people with sustained effort. Many participants aren't dedicated to reaching the top of the leaderboard.

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I aim to be a 95th percentile parent.

It's not as hard as you'd think

How can you tell? Parenting isn’t exactly quantifiable.

Yeah but there are some nearly objective truths that should easily bring you to the 95%ile.

Like, spend conscious time with your kid (play with them, read to them, etc) over letting them watch YouTube or TV.

Or, don’t invalidate their emotions when they share them.

Most 5-year-olds are assholes. Once you realize that it is possible to train a child to not act like an asshole, you're pretty far ahead. Once you've trained your 5-year-old to not act like an asshole most of the time, you're easily in the top 5%

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