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Child development, parenting, and schooling

Apr
9
2010
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Video: Schools Kill Creativity

I just watched an amazing video on TED.com that I had to share with you all. In this TED talk, Ken Robinson discusses how the current education system around the world seems to squelch creativity more than encourage it. Ken is both incredibly informative and incredibly funny, so you shouldn’t have any trouble watching the whole thing trough.

Ken pretty much says it all in the video, but he also opens up the floor for a whole dialogue about school, education, creativity, and childhood development. I encourage you all to watch.

Click here to see the video.

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Oct
28
2008
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Teaching Our Children

As many know, parenting is not an exact science. There is no textbook to raising children nor is there a “right way” to take on this endevor. Because of this, there are a lot of parents who find themselves, quite literally, with a needy child in their arms and no clue what to do next.

While tutoring for a second grader whom I’ve been working with for a few weeks now, I realized that I was never properly trained to work with him. I found myself struggling to decide what a “good parent” would do and I realized, there is no training that anyone could have given me. Read More…

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Jul
14
2008
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Parenting

I haven’t written any articles in a long time, but I’ve decided that my next undertaking will be more of a series. The topic will be parents and children. Raising children is quite the ordeal, and there is no right way to do it. Unfortunately, there are a whole lot of bad parents out there (not bad people, mind you, bad parents). Good parenting is a skill, and just like any other skill some people have a knack for it, while others don’t.

Frankly, I’m not sure there’s anything that can be done about that.

However, if people were more educated in basic child care/psychology, we could at least limit the number of children who are brought into the world poorly. [Naturally, I hate to criticize anyone parenting, but I feel it needs to be said]. Read More…

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