The big three parenting goals

There are really only three major things I'd like to instill in my kids. Three things that, if they manage to pick up, I will feel like I done good. These are: 1. Be kind. And really, I'll settle for "be polite", most of the time. 2. Be at ease in the wild. 3. Be a reader.

There are other important things of course. I would like them to be tolerant, empa…