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December 3, 2024 Recently, educators and parents have been inundated with definitive evidence that social media causes anxiety in school-aged children. In 2023, the Surgeon General issued an advisory outlining
October 30, 2024 Last month, I shared an interview I did with Michelle Icard on her new book, Eight Setbacks That Can Make a Child a Success. It occurred to
September 23, 2024 We Can’t Shield Our Kids From Failure. And We Shouldn’t. “Helicopter” parents (monitoring every detail of their children’s lives) and “snowplow” parents (ensuring no obstacles get in
June 24, 2024 Seeding Your Children’s Future Through Gardening After our long winters, summer is truly something special to experience and savor. And there’s no better way to lure kids
May 28, 2024 In Jonathan Haidt’s justly acclaimed new book, The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness, he repeats a Polynesian
April 29, 2024 Why do we tell our children to finish their homework before they play outside? Why, for that matter, do we so rigidly distinguish between work and play,
March 25, 2024 For latchkey kids like me growing up in the 1980s, teenage angst was a collective character trait. Popular songs like “Don’t You (Forget about Me)” by Simple
February 26, 2024 I recently had the privilege of speaking with award-winning journalist Jennifer Breheny Wallace about her new book, “Never Enough: When Achievement Culture Becomes Toxic—and What We Can
January 29, 2024 The central question keeping me up at night as an educator is this: How can we maximize every student’s potential? This question emphatically isn’t about making sure
December 27, 2023 “We expect that middle school will be an awful time,” acclaimed author Judith Warner reflected, during our phone conversation about her book And Then They Stopped Talking