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Suki Wessling @babblery.substack.com · 1d

NEW on KidsLearn: When a child could go in many directions, which direction should parents support?
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What future do we see for our 2e kids?

When parents follow their child's definition of success

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Suki Wessling @babblery.substack.com · 2d

I'm excited to be working on the upcoming episode of The Babblery, an interview with environmentalist @shilpichhotray.bsky.social, whose new podcast through @thenation.com has just been released. Subscribe on Substack for notifications and related writing/mini-episodes: babblery.substack.com.

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Suki Wessling @babblery.substack.com · 3d

NEW on Substack: The Web was the greatest communication tool ever invented... until it wasn't.
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Ensh*ttification complete

A stroll through our worldwide outhouse

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Suki Wessling @babblery.substack.com · 6d

Americans gather reams of education data, and it's useful. But on the ground in the classroom, we need to let the data fall away and teach the children who show up.
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Suki Wessling @babblery.substack.com · 12d

NEW Minibabble: Mansplaining is certainly annoying, but how does it and other male dominant behaviors stifle women's free speech?
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Suki Wessling @babblery.substack.com · 15d

NEW on Substack: What happens when freedom of speech is used to express disdain rather than to exchange and debate ideas? Nothing good.
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Suki Wessling @babblery.substack.com · 17d

"In my view, the Trump administration is using antisemitism in a despicable way because there really is antisemitism and he doesn't really care about it. He's using it as a scapegoat in order to try to dismantle academic freedom and freedom of speech on the campuses." - Bettina Aptheker

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Suki Wessling @babblery.substack.com · 18d

I'm busy Making Magic Real:
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Making Magic Real

On writing from the soul instead of for the industry

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Suki Wessling @babblery.substack.com · 21d

NEW on The Babblery: Academic Freedom Under Fire with Bettina Aptheker
In feminist scholar Bettina Aptheker’s life she has confronted attempts to limit academic freedom—hear how she fought back.
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Suki Wessling @babblery.substack.com · 23d

Thoughts on the experiment of democracy, right wing pundits, and what the heck the press thinks its job is.

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MAGA rifles through the garbage can of democracy

While the press pretends it's politics as usual

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Suki Wessling @babblery.substack.com · 27d

KSQD is pleased to announce that Sonoma County’s KOWS Radio is now carrying three Squid-produced shows. The Babblery, State of Mind (mental health with host Debra Sloss), and The Dream Journal (dream exploration with host Katherine Bell) will bring Squid energy to The Herd!
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Suki Wessling @babblery.substack.com · 27d

NEW on Substack: Public health is about more than numbers—it's about the stories we tell and the heroes we choose to celebrate.
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Suki Wessling @babblery.substack.com · Sep 3

NEW on Substack: Some thoughts on how we can look to babies to repair our culture.

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Suki Wessling @babblery.substack.com · Aug 29

What can babies learning to talk teach us about parenting and teaching?

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The Art of Listening

Our children thrive when we listen and respond!

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Suki Wessling @babblery.substack.com · Aug 27

NEW Minibabble: Yet another news day in America, yet another tragedy to dissect. But why bother? We know the path back and it’s staring us right in the eyeballs.
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Suki Wessling @babblery.substack.com · Aug 24

NEW on The Babblery: Listening to Children: In Conversation with Linguist Eve Clark
Dr. Eve Clark’s bilingual childhood sparked an interest that has continued unabated through her life and career: How do children learn to talk? Like everyone, they just need to be heard.
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Suki Wessling @babblery.substack.com · Aug 22

What can we learn from how children learn to talk?
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What we hear when we listen

Communication on our modern Tower of Babble

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Suki Wessling @babblery.substack.com · Aug 17

NEW on Substack: What we can learn about modern parenting from toddlers.

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"I do it mySELF!"

On what we can learn from 2-year-olds

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Suki Wessling @babblery.substack.com · Aug 13

In syndication: Two short Minibabbles will be syndicated around the world by PRX Remix: "How US cuts will devastate global science" and "What we gain from ‘woke’ science." Visit babblery.com/2025/07/scie... to stream. @hl-ford.bsky.social @ksqdfm.bsky.social @prx.org

Suki Wessling @babblery.substack.com · Aug 12

NEW Minibabble: How US cuts to research will devastate global science
Dr. Heather Ford speaks about the globally connected science community and how research funding to US universities seeds scientific advances around the world.

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Suki Wessling @babblery.substack.com · Aug 11

As a thoughtful 'liberal' (though that sums up my complexity about as much as 'conservative' sums up yours), I usually enjoy your perspective. But this one was a miss. I implore you to talk to some young progressives and see things from their POV.
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Ignoring the burning bush while waiting for the rapture

A critique of one conservative's earth-toned glasses

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Suki Wessling @babblery.substack.com · Aug 11

I know we all wear our own individual political blinders, but how can such a thoughtful writer not see what's outside the window for modern young people—at least the ones who are "awake"?
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Ignoring the burning bush while waiting for the rapture

A critique of one conservative's earth-toned glasses

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Suki Wessling @babblery.substack.com · Aug 8

How do you say HELLO? And *why* do you say hello? Etymology with Prof. Suki is the ultimate multidisciplinary course, connecting kids' knowledge through our shared language. Join me starting August 26.
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Suki Wessling @babblery.substack.com · Aug 8

New on The Babblery Substack: If making connections is fundamental to the development of human thought and achievement, then why are some humans attempting to break our connections?
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Suki Wessling @babblery.substack.com · Aug 7

It's common wisdom that a change of environment can solve educational issues for neurodivergent kids, but when you look more closely, the picture is more complicated:
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