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'Anti-adoption drumbeat' leaves kids in foster care
Naomi Schaefer Riley hears an "anti-adoption drumbeat" from the media. "In the wake of the Dobbs decision, the Left wants to make sure...

Joanne Jacobs
Nov 20, 20222 min read


Kids stream more, read less
The rise in screen time -- not just school closures -- is a factor in the decline in achievement, suggests Tim Daly, who runs the...

Joanne Jacobs
Nov 18, 20222 min read


No tattoos for kids -- sex-change drugs are OK
A New York woman was arrested for letting her 10-year-old son get a tattoo, reports the New York Times. State law bans tattoos for...

Joanne Jacobs
Nov 16, 20221 min read


You're not so special
"No one is you, and that is your superpower!" reads a sign at Brian Huskie's school. "Ridiculous," he writes on SubStack. "Imagine being...

Joanne Jacobs
Sep 27, 20222 min read


Can online privacy laws make the net safe for kids?
A new California law will try to protect children online by requiring safeguards for users under 18, reports Natasha Singer in the New...

Joanne Jacobs
Sep 17, 20222 min read


Raising an American girl
My daughter never had an American Girl doll, because I was too cheap to spend that kind of money, even if each doll had a history back...

Joanne Jacobs
Jul 17, 20222 min read


‘Proud Boys’ interrupt Pride event
Drag Queen Story Hour was starting at a Bay Area library when a group of men entered shouting homophobic and transphobic slurs, reports...

Joanne Jacobs
Jun 14, 20221 min read
If parents take kids to drag shows, it’s not ‘abuse’
A Texas legislator wants to ban children from seeing drag queens in response to a Dallas bar’s ““family-friendly” Drag the Kids to Pride”...

Joanne Jacobs
Jun 14, 20221 min read


She watched kids play — security was called
Lenore Skenazy was walking by an elementary school in Queens, when she saw kids playing hopscotch, just as she used to do, and paused to...

Joanne Jacobs
May 14, 20221 min read


Screen-time limits linked to cognitive skills
Limiting kids’ recreational screen time to less than two hours a day boosts their brainpower, concludes a new study, reports Hamza Shaban...

Joanne Jacobs
Sep 30, 20181 min read


Spoiled children
A college education isn’t intended to make people think any more, write Greg Lukianoff, a First Amendent specialist, and Jonathan Haidt,...

Joanne Jacobs
Sep 5, 20182 min read
What it’s like in ‘Eighth Grade’
I have no desire to remember my eighth-grade self. If the new movie Eighth Grade captures what it’s like to be an insecure 13-year-old, I...

Joanne Jacobs
Aug 11, 20181 min read


‘Work colleges’ go urban
The “work college” model — students are required to work as part of their education — is spreading to cities, reports Hechinger’s Delece...

Joanne Jacobs
Aug 5, 20182 min read


Defend the status quo or go kid-centric?
Teachers’ unions should adopt a kid-centric policy in response to the Janus decision, writes Paul Reville in Ed Week. Leaders will need...

Joanne Jacobs
Jul 30, 20181 min read
If life loans you a lemon, sell lemonade
Lemonade stands are teaching kids how to be entrepreneurs, reports Sarah D. Sparks for Ed Week. Jemma Walker, 11, set up a mermaid-themed...

Joanne Jacobs
Jul 28, 20181 min read
‘Tastes like justice’
Brilliant marketing. #entrepreneurship #lemonadestands

Joanne Jacobs
Jun 8, 20181 min read


‘Baby, may I change your diaper?’
Deanne Carson An Aussie sex education expert says parents should ask for permission to change a child’s diaper, reports Kashmira Gander...

Joanne Jacobs
May 11, 20181 min read


Trophies are for winners
Trophies are for winners, a Maryland youth baseball league has decided. “For years, Reisterstown Baseball has given trophies to its...

Joanne Jacobs
May 8, 20181 min read


Curiosity kills the (achievement) gap
A child’s curiosity may as important to learning as self-control or “grit,” writes Sarah D. Sparks in Education Week. Researchers used a...

Joanne Jacobs
May 5, 20181 min read
Parents choose commercial-free kids’ TV
Fewer children are watching traditional children’s television, such as Saturday morning cartoons, writes Rob Toledo in Exstreamist. “More...

Joanne Jacobs
Dec 29, 20171 min read
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