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The power of struggle
Zachary Wright “had to drag my son kicking and screaming into kindergarten.” He remembered his own “struggles with anxiety, depression...

Joanne Jacobs
Oct 2, 20181 min read


Lawnmower parents raise anxious kids
A middle-school teacher is called to the office so Dad can hand over his child’s water bottle. The girl doesn’t like drinking from the...

Joanne Jacobs
Oct 1, 20182 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


Don’t oaf-rock your kids
fabulous, long-forgotten word: Oaf-rocked. In a story on Paul Anthony Jones’ book, The Cabinet of Linguistic Curiosities, the BBC reports...

Joanne Jacobs
Dec 19, 20171 min read


Parents don’t see value of kids’ play
Parents value structured activities over free play, according to a Gallup survey, “despite research associating unstructured, child-led...

Joanne Jacobs
Oct 17, 20172 min read
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