No Small Thing | Rebekah Peeples | Substack

Welcome to No Small Thing!

A newsletter about learning, parenting, and other lifelong projects.

May 22, 2025 • Rebekah Peeples

My Friends are Making My Book Launch Fun!

I hate self-promotion, but some wonderful people are helping me do it anyway

Oct 7, 2025 • Rebekah Peeples

How We Could Curb the Youth Sports Arms Race

We could give kids an alternative to the club sports compulsion

Apr 22, 2025 • Rebekah Peeples

Moms Need Hobbies, Too

A conversation about choirs and connection with Melinda Wenner Moyer

Feb 17 • Rebekah Peeples

One More Reason to Love "The Pitt"

Learning is slow and inefficient, but our favorite show makes it prestige television

Jan 20 • Rebekah Peeples

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How We Could Curb the Youth Sports Arms Race

Apr 22, 2025 • Rebekah Peeples

The Isolation of Midlife Caught Me By Surprise

Jan 14, 2025 • Rebekah Peeples

The Case for Letting Kids Quit

Aug 5, 2025 • Rebekah Peeples

What if We Encouraged Agency Over Achievement?

Jan 21, 2025 • Rebekah Peeples

Recent posts

Closing the Year, Keeping the Pen

A look back at the first year of No Small Thing

Dec 31, 2025 • Rebekah Peeples

Math Has Feelings, Too

Why we should care less about math tracks and more about "math affect"

Dec 2, 2025 • Rebekah Peeples

On Visiting the Grown-Ups’ Table

This one turned out to be a train table

Nov 27, 2025 • Rebekah Peeples

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