Category: Culture
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My homeschool prodigy
It’s hard to admit when you’re homeschooling a prodigy. You don’t want other parents to get jealous. But sometimes you just have to bust forth and let people know about your precious darling.
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Book review: The Explosive Child
Dr. Greene’s book, “The Explosive Child,” is a must-read for parents who want to learn a healthy way to communicate with their oppositional (and typically developing) children. His approach is one that emphasizes the longterm health of the relationship and of the family.
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Are MOOCs going to destroy education as we know it?
MOOCs, Massive Open Online Courses, have lately been promoted as the new phenomenon that is going to destroy the university system. Why will people pay for a university education, the line of reasoning goes, if they can get the same thing online for free? And given that college grads are having so much trouble getting…
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When children are force-fed violent entertainment
Every family I know has had the experience: They were in a public place and their children were exposed to violent entertainment that they didn’t choose. If you’re at the shopping mall or a restaurant, you can vote with your feet. But when you’re in an airplane, there’s nowhere to go. One of my favorite…
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Book review: Children with High-Functioning Autism
I have recently come upon two books that I think are important books for those of us with “quirky” kids to read. This is the first of my reviews—the second will be about The Explosive Child, which I’m still digesting! If the topics of these books speak at all to your child’s quirkiness, I highly…