An app that allows parents to control their kids’ screen devices: https://www.kidtrol.com/?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=Facebook&utm_content=Emotional+Appeal&utm_campaign=Facebook+Ad+2
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Young Adult life skills
Some tips from a dean from Stanford on essential life skills for 18-year-olds: http://qz.com/644491/a-stanford-dean-on-adult-skills-every-18-year-old-should-have/
Read More »On play
This opinion piece discusses the benefits of hanging back and resisting stepping in to resolve disputes in play: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/answer-sheet/wp/2015/12/11/why-adults-have-to-stop-trying-so-darn-hard-to-control-how-children-play/
Read More »On Spanking
A new study from the University of Texas at Austin and the University of Michigan found that spanking children for bad behavior not only has no correlation with improved behavior, it actually is correlated with increased and negative behavior: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/5-decade-study-reveals-fallout-from-spanking-kids/
Read More »Be careful what you wish for
When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see that one that has been opened for us. -Helen Keller Some years ago, I had the pleasure of attending a speaker series of famous accomplished women from various industries. One […]
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