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Joe Nocera on Becoming a Better Dad
Suzy Weiss
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The Free Press editor on second chances, what fatherhood looks like at 73, and the inspiration for our Ancient Wisdom series.

Read Joe’s essay, “I Was a Bad Dad. Then My Son Gave Me a Second Chance,” and his introduction to Ancient Wisdom, a new series from The Free Press.

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Suzy Weiss
Suzy Weiss is a co-founder and reporter for The Free Press and host of Second Thought. Before that, she worked as a features reporter at the New York Post. There, she covered the internet, culture, dating, dieting, technology, and Gen Z. Her work has also appeared in Tablet, the New York Daily News, The Wall Street Journal, and McSweeney's Internet Tendency, among others.
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