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Raise a kid who can think.

Twelve months of curriculum built around courage, curiosity, and compassion. Designed for dads who want to lead the work — not outsource it.

1,400+fathers in the circle
6curriculum tracks
$29/mofounding rate
How old is your child?
9yrs
You have approximately
3,287
days until they leave home.
Make them count.
The three pillars

Whole-child formation.

Every lesson, every habit, every Saturday assignment serves one of three ends.

I

Courage.

We raise sons and daughters who can name a hard truth and stand in it. The world is in short supply.

II

Curiosity.

We make space for the questions adults forgot how to ask. Sketchbooks, telescopes, Latin roots, long walks.

III

Compassion.

We teach a tenderness that doesn't fold. Strong men who are quick to listen, slow to anger, slower to leave.

Curriculum tracks

Six ways to learn together.

Each track is built for a dad and a kid. Pick one, work through it, do the Saturday assignment.

Ars Technica

Ages 9–14

Eight weeks of sketchbooks, short films, and one Saturday assignment. Notebooks required.

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Logic & Philosophy

Ages 11–16

Teach your kid to argue well and lose gracefully. Starts with Aristotle, ends with dinner debates.

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Business

Ages 10–16

From a lemonade stand to a profit and loss statement. Real stakes, real lessons.

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Spiritual Formation

Ages 6–16

Scripture, prayer, and the slow work of discipleship. Faith as foundation, not garnish.

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Music

Ages 7–13

Theory, listening, and one instrument. Not to produce musicians — to produce listeners.

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Adventures & Sport

Ages 8–15

The outdoors as classroom. Orienteering, endurance, loss, and the long trail home.

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The Challenge

Be a Dad of Consequence.

Six weeks. One habit. One conversation a day with your kid. No leaderboards, no app pings, no shame. Just a short, hard, good thing — done with other dads.

6 weeksNext cohort opens Apr 6
Field Notes

Letters from the study.

All writing
Fatherhood

Why we teach our kids to lose

Losing is a skill. Most of us got it wrong as boys — here's a different way to coach it.

7 min read · Mar 4
Curriculum

The case for Latin in 2026

A dead language is the best way to teach a living mind. Where to start with a nine-year-old.

9 min read · Feb 21
The Challenge

On the discipline of unhurried Saturdays

Six weeks of one habit, one conversation, no agenda. What we've learned from the first cohort.

6 min read · Feb 12
"My ten-year-old wrote me a letter at the end. He used the word apprentice. I have it on my desk."
Tom R. · Cohort 3 · Asheville, NC
Membership

Three ways in.

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The weekly letter, sample lessons, and the public archive.

  • Weekly Field Notes email
  • 5 sample lessons
  • Read-only Fathers' Circle
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Curious

$9/mo

Full curriculum library, monthly study calls, every back issue.

  • Everything in Free
  • All 6 curriculum tracks
  • Monthly live study calls
  • Full back archive

Da Vinci

$29/mo

Curious, plus The Challenge, cohort access, and office hours.

  • Everything in Curious
  • The Challenge (6-week cohort)
  • Quarterly 1:1 office hours
  • Story Blocks early access
The weekly letter

One email. Wednesday morning. No filler.

A short reading, a question to ask your kid, and one thing to do with your hands. Always under 400 words. Always free.

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