Parenting Confident & Joyful kids since 2001. Dad of 3 | NY Times Bestselling Author | Former Navy SEAL. Puddle Jumpers đź“•(May 12, 2026)

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Fear is the most common parenting mistake. It just wears the mask of protection. #PuddleJumpersBook
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The Washington Post Counted 23 Dead in the Iran War. The Pentagon Says 21. A Navy SEAL Asks About the Other 2 sofrep.com/?p=231527&gift_sh…
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Mamdani Booed as “Traitor” at October 7 Vigil by His Own Base. You don’t attach a policy footnote to a funeral, and New York’s mayor should have known enough to give grieving families one clean day of mourning. sofrep.com/?p=231419&gift_sh…
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The Pentagon Just Bet $75 Billion That AI, Drones & Space Will Win the Next War. A Navy SEAL Explains What Elon Musk Has to Do With It. sofrep.com/?p=231322&gift_sh…
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U.S. Aircraft Carriers Aren’t Cruise Ships. The @washingtonpost Just Discovered That, 80 Years Late. Life aboard an aircraft carrier has always been cramped, filthy, exhausting, and occasionally absurd, but apparently Washington just discovered that the USS Abraham Lincoln isn’t a luxury cruise ship. sofrep.com/news/u-s-aircraft…
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Great piece by @GenDonBolduc America’s National Security Depends on Finding a Unifying Presidential Candidate America does not need another candidate molded by the machinery of partisan politics; it needs a leader willing to confront the failures of both parties and restore unity, compromise, and purpose to national leadership. sofrep.com/news/americas-nat…
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The Performance Tools Olympic Champions and Navy SEALs Use. Here's How to Teach It to Your Kid Before School Starts. brandontwebb.substack.com/p/…
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Zachary Young, CNN, and the Book the CIA Ordered Destroyed: Kabul’s Last Marketplace A Florida jury made CNN pay for branding Zachary Young a profiteer; now the CIA is fighting to keep his account of the evacuation, the lawsuit, and his intelligence career from reaching the public. sofrep.com/news/zachary-youn…
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Check out this article: Why Iran’s Ceasefire Keeps Breaking: Inside the Hardliner Power Struggle Nobody’s Talking About A ceasefire with Iran is only as strong as the weakest faction willing to break it, and right now Tehran looks less like a government than a knife fight over who gets to hold the throne. sofrep.com/news/why-irans-ce…
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Why Your Kids Need a Leader at Home, Not Just a Parent open.substack.com/pub/brando…
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Parenting in America Is a Public Health Crisis. Here Is What Nobody Is Telling You About Why. open.substack.com/pub/brando…
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Your Kids Are Keeping Score. They Just Never Tell You Until It's Too Late open.substack.com/pub/brando…
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This Father's Day, one book your husband will actually read open.substack.com/pub/brando…
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'Why America Can’t Make a Deal With Iran Right Now' America broke Iran’s command structure in the easy part of the war, and now it has to deal with the dangerous part: a wounded regime full of factions, grudges, private armies, and men desperate to prove they are still in control. sofrep.com/?p=228792&gift_sh…
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Post Traumatic Growth is the answer.
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Your Kids Don't Need More of Your Time. They Need More of Your Presence. open.substack.com/pub/brando…
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