A look at the impact on including social behaviors in grading: http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2013/03/are-grading-trends-hurting-socially-awkward-kids/273759/
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March 06, 2013 | For parents of children | Click on title to comment!
Drive my car
March 05, 2013 | metaphors to help facilitate communication | Click on title to comment!
Whether it is anxiety, fear, anger, sadness, etc; most of us know that experience when we are filled with an inconvenient and undeniable feeling. Imagine that feeling as an uninvited person who is getting into your car. Imagine that you are driving a car, and then that familiar uninvited feeling shows up, be it spontaneously, […]
Read More »Summer camps
March 05, 2013 | For parents of children | Click on title to comment!
An article discussing the long term benefits of attending summer camps: http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/nurturing-resilience/201202/summer-camps-make-kids-resilient
Read More »Teens and caffeine
March 01, 2013 | For parents of teenagers,For teens | Click on title to comment!
A discussion of the risks and abuses: http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2013/02/24/health/teenagers-caffeine-dont-mix-doctors-say.html
Read More »Violence and video games
March 01, 2013 | For parents of children,For parents of teenagers | Click on title to comment!
This researcher claims that the scientific community overstated the connection between violence and video games and exceeded the data or ignored conflicting data: http://psycnet.apa.org/journals/amp/68/2/57/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23421606 At present, there’s no hard evidence linking fantasy violence to real-world violence. Here is some discussion on the perceived connection: http://news.cnet.com/8301-10797_3-57571447-235/why-do-we-blame-games-for-real-world-violence/ http://news.cnet.com/8301-10797_3-57571895-235/this-just-in-parents-impact-kids-more-than-video-games-do/
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