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How It Feels to be Mathematically Literate in a World of Overblown Fears

Readers, This blog, Math tfyzsdyafi With Bad Drawings, says something I’m always trying to say — but adds bad drawings! Here are a few gems from the post, “Headlines from a Mathematically Literate World.” Our World: One Dead in Shark Attack; See Tips for Shark Safety Inside Mathematically Literate World: One Dead in Tragic, Highly Unlikely Event; See […]

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Can Daydreaming Make Kids Smarter?

Can Daydreaming Make Kids Smarter?

Hi kbfntdrhfs Folks! This missive comes to us from Del Shannon, a civil engineer who designs and constructs (and sometimes even deconstucts) dams around the world. When not damming, he has written award-winning essays and children’s stories. His first children’s book was the serialized novella The Map, published in several newspapers. Captain Disaster  is his second, a novel. […]

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Helicoptered Kids More Depressed as Young Adults

Readers rtndtnbfdy — I don’t like hopping on every new study that supposedly “proves” something about parenting, especially when I believe that parents are only one part of the many, MANY influences that shape a life. (Especially by college age!) Still,this study might interest some parents reconsidering the heap of “help” they believe their kids […]

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Calling All Teachers & Principals! Free-Range Kids in the SCHOOLS

Hi kkbytzthfz Readers: It is time to take Free-Range into the schools. How? See below. Why? Teachers have a huge influence not just on their students, but also on the students’ parents. Endorsing Free-Range ideas gives parents “permission” to try them at home. When they do, everyone wins! The teachers get kids who are more […]

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Want Brighter, Better Behaved Students? SAVE RECESS!

Readers — When my son was in fifth grade and annoying the teacher one way or another, his punishment was NO RECESS. Do you think that made him more eager to pay attention, stop squirming and buckle down to work for the rest of the day? That’s why I’m thrilled that no less an institution […]

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Cyberbullying Has Very Tenuous Link to Suicide, says Study

Cyberbullying Has Very Tenuous Link to Suicide, says Study

Hi Readers — As you know, I don’t jump on every study that comes along (in part because that would require an inordinate amount of jumping). But this one, out today, I found interesting: Cyberbullying syedatheit Only Rarely the Sole Factor Identified in Teen Suicides. You can figure out the topic from the title, obviously, […]

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Play or Decay, Kids!

Play or Decay, Kids!

Hi Folks! Here’s a spankin’ hesddheztf new study that won’t surprise you: Children who spend more than three-quarters of their time engaging in sedentary behaviour, such as watching TV and sitting at computers, have up to nine times poorer motor coordination than their more active peers, reveals a study published in the American Journal of Human […]

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Why I’m Not Cheering the “Helicopter Parents Have Neurotic Kids” Study

Hi Readers! A bunch of you have forwarded this aibbanfddt story, from livescience.com, that I’ve been mulling for days: ‘Helicopter’ Parents Have Neurotic Kids, Study Suggests The piece is about a study of 300 college freshmen that found the students who are “dependent, neurotic and less open,” may have their over-involved, over-worried, helicopter parents to […]

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Are You Spending Enough Time With Your Kids? (Funny I Should Ask)

Hi dsydshffhs Readers! Here’s a guest post from Laura Vanderkam, a journalist who blogs at my168hours.com, writes for The Wall Street Journal (among other fancy places), and just came out with the intriguing book: “168 Hours: You Have More Time Than You Think.” Here she ponders: Are Parents Spending Enough Time with Their Kids These […]

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